Clustering Multiple Access Points
Configuring and Viewing Channel Management Settings
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Sorting Session Information
To sort the information shown in the tables by a particular indicator, click the
column label by which you want to order things. For example, if you want to see
the table rows ordered by signal strength, click the
Signal
column label. The
entries are sorted by signal strength.
Configuring and Viewing Channel Management Settings
When Channel Management is enabled, the access point automatically assigns
radio channels used by clustered access points. The automatic channel
assignment reduces mutual interference (or interference with other access points
outside of its cluster) and maximizes Wi-Fi bandwidth to help maintain the
efficiency of communication over the wireless network.
You must start channel management to get automatic channel assignments; it is
disabled by default on a new access point.
At a specified interval, the Channel Manager maps access point
s
to channel use
and measures interference levels in the cluster. If significant channel interference is
detected, the Channel Manager automatically re-assigns some or all of the access
point
s
to new channels per an efficiency algorithm (or
automated channel
plan
).
Signal
Strength of the radio frequency (RF) signal the client
receives from the access point.
The measure used for this is a value known as
Received Signal Strength Indication
(RSSI), and will be a value between 0 and 100.
RSSI is determined by a mechanism implemented on
the network interface card (NIC) of the client station.
Receive Total
Number of total packets received by the client during
the current session.
Transmit Total
Number of total packets transmitted to the client
during this session.
Error Rate
Percentage of time frames are dropped during
transmission on this access point.
Table 37 Session Management
Field
Description