Table 24: Advanced Configuration Profile Settings (continued)
Field
Description
Link Aggregation
Note: Supported on AP5xx models only.
Enable or disable link aggregation. Link aggregation combines
network connections to increase throughput and to provide
redundancy in case of link failure.
AP Log Level
Specify the message level you want included in the AP log. Valid
values are:
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Emergencies — System is unusable.
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Alerts — Take action immediately.
•
Critical — Critical condition.
•
Errors — Error condition.
•
Warnings — Warning condition.
•
Notifications — Normal but significant condition.
•
Informational — Information only.
•
Debugging — Debug-level messages.
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Session Persistence
Session Persistence applies to the session state on the AP. RADIUS authentication is always handled
through the appliance — this can be the local ExtremeCloud Appliance, a proxy controller, or a third-
party appliance. Associated clients remain unaffected by a lack of connectivity to the appliance.
When using MBA or 802.1x, the authenticating appliance must be visible. When enabling MBA, the
selected ‘MBA Timeout Role’ provides the default role to which users are automatically assigned. The
role can be permissive or restricted, depending on the administrative configuration. See
on page 119. When using 802.1x, if none of the appliances are available, then likely
there is no path-to-authentication and new clients will be unable to authenticate on the wireless
network. If the network association is set to OPEN or PSK SSIDs, no authentication is required and the
AP will associate the device based on the ‘Default Non-Auth’ Role setting configured for the network.
Advanced AP Radio Settings
The purpose of advanced radio settings for an AP is to improve data packet throughput. Frame
aggregation is a feature of the IEEE 802.11e, 802.11n, 802.11ac, and 802.11ax wireless LAN standards that
increases throughput by sending multiple data frames in a single transmission. Frame transmission by
an 802.11 device includes significant overhead. In fact, the overhead can consume more bandwidth than
the payload itself. To address the overhead issue, the 802.11n standard offers MAC Service Data Unit
(MSDU) aggregation and MAC Protocol Data Unit (MPDU) aggregation. Both types of aggregation
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