Converged Wired and Wireless Access
Provisioning a Small Branch WLAN
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Best Practice User Guide for the Catalyst 3850 and Catalyst 3650 Switch Series
Step 2
Enable wireless spectrums.
The lightweight access points support two wireless spectrums: 5 Ghz and 2.4 Ghz. You must enable and
disable speeds in each spectrum, but the speeds do not have to match.
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Enable IEEE 802.11n and IEEE 802.11ac for the 5-Ghz spectrum.
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Enable IEEE 802.11n and IEEE 802.11g for the 2.4-Ghz spectrum.
Note
Beacons are sent at the lowest mandatory rate that define the cell size.
When deploying the switch in converged access mode as a hotspot, the lowest data rate should be enabled
to increase coverage gain versus speed. In addition, the recommended data rates are to be used in a
wireless network with good radio frequency coverage. Data rates are contingent upon the nature of your
radio frequency deployment.
Enable Clean Air
Step 3
Enable Clean Air on the switch and on devices that are common in your deployment environment.
The switch detects and reduces radio frequency interference when Clean Air is enabled. Some sources
of interference are jammers, microwave ovens, and bluetooth devices.
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!Enable 802.11n and 802.11g for the 2.4Ghz spectrum.
ap dot11 24ghz rate RATE_24M mandatory
ap dot11 24ghz rate RATE_1M disable
ap dot11 24ghz rate RATE_2M disable
ap dot11 24ghz rate RATE_5_5M disable
ap dot11 24ghz rate RATE_6M disable
ap dot11 24ghz rate RATE_9M disable
ap dot11 24ghz rate RATE_11M disable
ap dot11 24ghz rate RATE_12M mandatory
ap dot11 24ghz rate RATE_18M supported
ap dot11 24ghz rate RATE_36M supported
ap dot11 24ghz rate RATE_48M supported
ap dot11 24ghz rate RATE_54M supported
ap dot11 24ghz cleanair device jammer
ap dot11 24ghz cleanair device cont-tx
ap dot11 24ghz cleanair device dect-like
ap dot11 24ghz cleanair device mw-oven
ap dot11 24ghz cleanair device video
ap dot11 5ghz cleanair device jammer
ap dot11 5ghz cleanair device cont-tx
