Siemens SCALANCE W770 Series Configuration Manuals page 130

Functions specific to SCALANCE
5.4 iPCF
The signal quality is determined by the client based on the RSSI values (Received Signal
Strength Indicator) of received packets. The RSSI value indicates how strong the arriving signal
is and is displayed in the signal recorder.
Requirement
The SCALANCE W700 device is in access point mode.
You are in the Interface Configuration mode of the WLAN interface.
The command prompt is as follows:
cli (config-if-wlan-0-X)#
● "next channel" is set for the scanning mode.
Syntax
Call up the command with the following parameters:
wlan ipcf signal-quality-threshold <1-5>
The parameter has the following meaning
Parameter
-
Result
The signal strength for the client is set.
Further notes
You display the setting with the show wlan ipcf command.
You configure the scanning mode with the Befehl wlan ipcf scan-mode command.
130
Description Range of values / note
Threshold values
for signal strength
Level
1
2
3
4
5
SCALANCE W770/W730 acc. to IEEE 802.11n Command Line Interface
Signal quality in
RSSI
20
25
30
35
40
Configuration Manual, 09/2017, C79000-G8976-C324-08
%
40
50
60
70
80