Viewing Current Channel Assignments And Setting Locks; Configuring Advanced Settings - Linksys LAPAC1750PRO User Manual

LAPAC1750PRO Access Point Software User Manual
Viewing Current Channel Assignments
and Setting Locks
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
Table 69: Channel Assignments
Field Description
IP Address
Specifies the IP address for the access point
Radio Identifies the MAC address of the radio
Band Indicates the band on which the access point is
broadcasting
Current Indicates the radio channel on which this access point is
currently broadcasting
Locked 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 Save, 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
Section 3: Configuring the Access Point
Viewing the Last Proposed Set of
Changes
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
Table 70: Last Proposed Changes
Field Description
IP Address Specifies the IP address for the access point
Radio Indicates the radio channel on which this access point is
currently broadcasting
Proposed Indicates the radio channel to which this access point
Channel would be re-assigned if the channel plan is executed

Configuring Advanced Settings

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
Use Advanced Settings to modify the interference reduction potential that
triggers channel re-assignment, change the schedule for automatic updates,
and re-configure the channel set used for assignments If there are no fields
showing in the Advanced section, click the toggle button to display the
settings that modify timing and details of the channel planning algorithm
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