Configuring Advanced Settings - Cisco WAP131 Administration Manual

Single Point Setup
Channel Management
Cisco WAP131 and WAP351 Administration Guide
• Status—Shows the status of the wireless radio in the WAP device. Some
WAP devices may have more than one wireless radio; each radio is
displayed on a separate line in the table. The radio status is up (operational)
or down (not operational).
When selected for a WAP device, the automated channel management plans do
not reassign the WAP device to a different channel as a part of the optimization
strategy. Instead, the WAP devices with locked channels are factored in as
requirements for the plan.
Click Save to update the locked setting. The locked devices show the same
channel for the Current Channel Assignments table and the Proposed Channel
Assignments table. The locked devices keep their current channels.
Proposed Channel Assignments Table
The Proposed Channel Assignments table shows the proposed channels that are
to be assigned to each WAP device when the next update occurs. The locked
channels are not reassigned—the optimization of channel distribution among the
devices takes into account that the locked devices must remain on their current
channels. The WAP devices that are not locked may be assigned to different
channels than what they were previously using, depending on the results of the
plan.
For each WAP device in the Single Point Setup, the Proposed Channel
Assignments table shows the location, IP address, and wireless radio, as in the
Current Channel Assignations table. It also shows the proposed channel, which is
the radio channel to which this WAP device would be reassigned if the channel
plan is applied.

Configuring Advanced Settings

The Advanced area enables you to customize and schedule the channel plan for
the Single Point Setup.
By default, channels are automatically reassigned once every hour, but only if the
interference can be reduced by 25 percent or more. The channels are reassigned
even if the network is busy. The default settings are designed to satisfy most
scenarios where you would need to implement the channel management.
You can change the advanced settings by configure the following settings:
• Change channels if interference is reduced by at least—The minimum
percentage of interference reduction that a proposed plan must achieve in
order to be applied. The default is 75 percent. Choose the percentages
ranging from 5 percent to 75 percent. Using this setting lets you set a
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