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AT-TQ2403 - Management Software - User's Guide

 

 

Viewing Last Proposed Set of Changes

The Proposed Channel Assignments shows the last channel plan. The plan lists all access points in the cluster by IP Address, and shows the proposed channels for each AP. Locked channels will not be re-assigned and the optimization of channel distribution among APs will take into account the fact that locked APs must remain on their current channels. APs that are not "Locked" may be assigned to different channels than they were previously using, depending on the results of the plan.

Field

Description

 

 

IP Address

Specifies the IP Address for the access point.

 

 

Current

Indicates the radio channel on which this access point is currently broadcasting.

 

 

Proposed

Indicates the radio channel to which this access point would be re-assigned if the

Channel

Channel Plan is executed.

 

 

Configuring Advanced Settings (Customizing and Scheduling Channel Plans)

If you use Channel Management as provided (without updating Advanced Settings), channels are automatically fine-tuned once every hour if interference can be reduced by 25 percent or more. Channels will be re-assigned even if the network is busy. The appropriate channel sets will be used (b/g for APs using IEEE 802.11b/g and a for APs using IEEE 802.11a).

These defaults are designed to satisfy most scenarios where you would need to implement channel management.

You can use “Advanced Settings” to modify the interference reduction potential that triggers channel re- assignment, change the schedule for automatic updates, and re-configure the channel set used for assignments.

Field

Description

 

 

Advanced

Click "Advanced" toggle to show / hide display settings that modify

 

timing and details of the channel planning algorithm.

 

By default, these settings are hidden.