General Recommendation
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Migrating to FAP-U43xF
The following section contains instructions for migrating from wave1 and wave 2 11ac APs.
General Recommendation
The general recommendation when migrating from 11n/ac to 11ax (FAP-U43xF) is to proceed
with one floor or section of a building at a time. This recommendation holds true for MCA
(Multi-Channel Architecture) networks, although the reasons behind these recommendations
differ.
NOTE: It is also recommended that you increase the Tx power of FAPs after completing
migration.
Migrating from 11a/b/g/n/ac MCA/SCA Networks to
11ax MCA Networks
For MCA networks, if 11ax APs were mixed with 11a/b/g/n/ac APs in an area, clients that are
moving through this area may prefer an 11ax 160 MHz channel to an 11ac 80 MHz channel.
This could potentially cause some clients to stick to 11ax APs while ignoring 11ac APs that
may offer better service. Therefore, the recommendation is to migrate floor-by-floor or wing-
by-wing to avoid mixing 11ac/11ax and non-11ac APs in the same area of a building.
Validating Coverage Post-Migration
Once the new FAP-U43xF have been installed, channels have been selected, AP transmit
power levels have been set, and so on, the recommendation is to do a thorough coverage sur-
vey throughout the entire deployment. The main goals here are to validate that the network is
in fact providing the designed signal strength and SNR, and in the case of MCA deployments,
that there is a minimal amount of overlapping coverage for APs that are sharing the same
channel. Ekahau's sitesurvey suite has tools that can perform this task.
Summary of Contents for FAP-U43 F Series
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