Optimizing WLAN Traffic
D-Link
Unified Wired and Wireless Access System
July 2012
Page 721
D-Link UWS User Manual
A message appears and indicates that the AP radios will be reset, which will disassociate any associated
wireless clients. Click
OK
to continue.
5.
View the transmit power for the associated APs by clicking
WLAN > Monitoring > Access Points > Managed
AP Status > Radio Summary
.
6.
Go to the
WLAN > Administration > AP Management > RF Management
page and note the Power
Adjustment Mode setting.
The default mode is Manual. If the mode is Interval, you cannot run the APA algorithm manually.
7.
Click the
Manual Power Adjustment
tab.
8.
Click
Start
to allow the algorithm to run and determine whether any power adjustments are appropriate.
9.
To view the adjustments that the APA algorithm recommends, click
Refresh
.
Note:
The APA recommends power adjustments based on the presence or absence of packet
transmission errors. A high number of packet transmission errors indicates that the signal strength
might be too low and that wireless clients are unable to successfully transmit traffic. If no wireless
clients are connected to the AP, no power adjustments will be recommended.