CHAPTER 7. WLAN Additional Services
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7.13 Wi-Fi Band Steering
This is a function of leading a UE which supports the Dual Band (2.4/5.0 GHz) to be
connected to 2.4 GHz or 5.0 GHz to secure more stabilized performance if many resources
are used in a specific radio.
7.13.1 Activating Band Steering Function
You can activate the Band Steering function by WLAN and the 5.0 GHz band steering is
set as default upon Band Steering On.
Configuration using CLI
To activate or deactivate the Band Steering function, execute the command as follows:
1) Configure a specific WLAN which requires the steering band.
APC# configure terminal
APC/configure# wlan 1
APC/configure/wlan 1#
2) Activate or deactivate the Band Steering function.
band-steering [MODE]
Parameter
Description
Mode
Whether to configure the Band Steering function
- enable: Setting
- disable: Release (by default)
WEC8500/configure/wlan 1# band-steering enable
WLAN (1) band steering is On (5-GHz preferred)
WEC8500/configure/wlan 1# no band-steering enable
WLAN (1) band steering is Off
3) Select a steering band.
band-steering [VALUE]
Parameter
Description
VALUE
1 (5.0 GHz), 2 (2.4 GHz)
WEC8500/configure/wlan 1# band-steering 1
WLAN (1) band steering is On (5-GHz preferred)
WEC8500/configure/wlan 1# band-steering 2
WLAN (1) band steering is On (2.4-GHz preferred)