Viewing Current Channel Assignments And Setting Locks; Viewing Last Proposed Set Of Changes; Configuring Advanced Settings (Customizing And Scheduling Channel Plans) - US Robotics Instant802 APSDK Administrator's Manual

Viewing Current Channel Assignments and Setting Locks

Current Channel Assignments
The
shows the band on which each access point is broadcasting, the channel currently used by each access
point, and an option to lock an access point on its current radio channel so that it cannot be reassigned to
another. Details about Current Channel Assignments
Field
IP Address
Band
Current
Locked
Update Current Channel Assignments Manually
You can run a manual channel management update at any time by clicking
Channel Assignments
display.

Viewing Last Proposed Set of Changes

Last Proposed Set of Channel Assignments
The
the cluster by IP Address and shows the current and proposed channels for each access point. Locked
channels will not be reassigned, 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
Current
Proposed

Configuring Advanced Settings (Customizing and Scheduling Channel Plans)

If you use channel management 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 reassigned
even if the network is busy. These defaults are designed to satisfy most situations in which you would need
show a list of all access points in the cluster by IP Address. The display
are provided below.
Description
Specifies the IP Address
Indicates the band on which the access point is broadcasting.
Indicates the radio Channel
broadcasting.
Select Locked if you want to this access point to remain on the current
channel.
When an access point's channel is locked, automated channel management
plans will not reassign the access point 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
Current Channel and Proposed
shows the last channel plan. The plan lists all access points in
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 reassigned if
the Channel Plan is executed.
Professional Access Point
for the access point.
on which this access point is currently
Channel. Locked APs keep their current channels.
Update
for the access point.
Administrator Guide
under the Current
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