Cisco WAP571, Administration Manual

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Single Point Setup
Channel Management
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• Status —Shows the status of the wireless radio in the 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 an access point, automated channel management plans do not
reassign the WAP devices to a different channel as a part of the optimization
strategy. Instead, WAP devices with locked channels are factored in as
requirements for the plan.
Click Save to update the locked setting. Locked devices show the same channel
for the Current Channel Assignments table and the Proposed Channel
Assignments table. 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. Locked
channels are not reassigned—the optimization of channel distribution among
devices takes into account that locked devices must remain on their current
channels. WAP devices that are not locked may be assigned to different channels
than 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 settings 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
interference can be reduced by 25 percent or more. Channels are reassigned
even if the network is busy. The default settings are designed to satisfy most
scenarios where you would need to implement channel management.
You can change the Advanced settings to configure the following settings:
• Change channels if interference is reduced by at least —The minimum
percentage of interference reduction a proposed plan must achieve in
order to be applied. The default is 75 percent. Use the drop-down menu to
choose percentages ranging from 5 percent to 75 percent. Using this