Viewing Current Channel Assignments And Setting Locks; Viewing The Last Proposed Set Of Changes; Configuring Advanced Settings; Table 47: Channel Assignments - D-Link DWL-8600AP Administrator's Manual

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The Current Channel Assignments section shows a list of all access points in the cluster by IP Address. The display shows
the band on which each AP is broadcasting (a/b/g/n), the current channel used by each AP, and an option to lock an AP on
its current radio channel so that it cannot be re-assigned to another.
The following table provides details about Current Channel Assignments.
Field
IP Address
Radio
Band
Current
Locked
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The Proposed Channel Assignments shows the last channel plan. The plan lists all access points in the cluster by IP
Address, and shows the current and proposed channels for each AP. Locked channels will not be re-assigned and the
optimization of channel distribution among APs will take into account the fact that locked APs must remain on their current
channels. APs that are not locked may be assigned to different channels than they were previously using, depending on the
results of the plan.
Field
IP Address
Radio
Proposed Channel
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The advanced settings allow you to customize and schedule the channel plan for the cluster. If you use Channel
Management as provided (without updating Advanced Settings), channels are automatically fine-tuned once every hour if
interference can be reduced by 25 percent or more. Channels will be re-assigned even if the network is busy. The appropriate
channel sets will be used (b/g for APs using IEEE 802.11b/g and a for APs using IEEE 802.11a).
The default settings are designed to satisfy most scenarios where you would need to implement channel management.
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Table 47: Channel Assignments

Description
Specifies the IP Address
Identifies the MAC address of the radio.
Indicates the band on which the access point is broadcasting.
Indicates the radio
Click Locked to force the access point to remain on the current channel.
When Locked is selected (enabled) for an access point, automated channel
management plans will not re-assign the AP to a different channel as a part of the
optimization strategy. Instead, APs with locked channels will be factored in as
requirements for the plan.
If you click Apply, you will see that locked APs show the same channel for the Current
Channel and Proposed Channel fields. Locked APs will keep their current channels.
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Table 48: Last Proposed Changes

Description
Specifies the IP Address
Indicates the radio channel on which this access point is currently broadcasting.
Indicates the radio channel to which this access point would be re-assigned if the
Channel Plan is executed.
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for the access point.
Channel on which this access point is currently broadcasting.
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HANGES
for the access point.
Configuring and Viewing Channel Management Settings
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