Stopping/Starting Automatic Channel Assignment; Viewing Current Channel Assignments And Setting Locks - Cisco Small Business AP541N Administration Manual

Clustering Multiple Access Points
Configuring and Viewing Channel Management Settings
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Cisco AP541N Dual-band Single-radio Access Point Quick Start Guide

Stopping/Starting Automatic Channel Assignment

By default, automatic channel assignment is disabled (off).
Channel Management overrides the default cluster behavior, which is to
synchronize radio channels of all access points across a cluster. When Channel
Management is enabled, the radio Channel is not synced across the cluster to other
access points.
• Click Start to resume automatic channel assignment.
When automatic channel assignment is enabled, the Channel Manager
periodically maps radio channels used by clustered access points and, if
necessary, re-assigns channels on clustered access points to reduce
interference with cluster members or other access points outside the
cluster.
• Click Stop to stop automatic channel assignment. (No channel usage maps
or channel re-assignments will be made. Only manual updates will affect the
channel assignment.)
The proposed channel assignment will not take effect if the Channel field on the
Wireless Radio page is set to auto. The channel must be set to a static channel.

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 access point is
broadcasting (a/b/g/n), the current channel used by each access point, and an
option to lock an access point on its current radio channel so that it cannot be re-
assigned to another.
Table 38 provides details about Current Channel Assignments.
Table 38 Channel Assignments
Field
IP Address
Description
IP Address for the access point.
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