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Wireless
Wireless Settings
Device Name: Enter a name for the device. The name you type
appears in SNMP management. This name is not the SSID and is
not broadcast to other devices.
Band Steering (Avaiable on WAP353): Enable Band Steering
to send 802.11n clients to the 5GHz band, where 802.11b/g
clients cannot go, and leave 802.11b/g clients in 2.4GHz to
operate at their slower rates. Before implementing this
feature, we suggest you to assure the both 2.4GHz and 5GHz
SSID, as well as security settings must be the same. EnGenius
Band Steering supports following advanced settings,
*Force 5GHz: When band steering is configured to Force
5GHz mode, the AP will not dual band capable client
Devices to network to the 2.4GHz band only if the client
devices are not currently associated on 2.4GHz radioin this
AP.
*Prefer 5GHz: When band steering is configured to Prefer
5GHz mode, the AP will steer dual band capable client
devices to 5GHz radio when the RSSI value of these client
devices on 5GHz radio is more than set one. The allowed RSSI
value for default setting is -75dBm.
*Band Balance: When band steering is configured to Band
Balance mode, the AP will steer dual band capable client
devices to 5GHz when the RSSI value of the seclient devices
on 5GHz radio is more than set one. To evenly allocate RF
resource on the both 2.4GHz and 5GHz radios, users also can
set the portion of client devices on 5GHz radio to assure
smoothly connection. The default value of the 5GHz radio is
75%.
Save: Click Save to confirm the changes.