1.Select Wireless Configuration > Access Points and click the AP to modify.

2.Click Edit. The edit pane for modifying the AP details is displayed.

3.Under BASIC INFO, select Static to specify a static IP address. The following fields are displayed:

a.Enter the new IP address for the AP in IP ADDRESS.

b.Enter the subnet mask of the network in NETMASK.

c.Enter the IP address of the default gateway in DEFAULT GATEWAY.

d.Enter the IP address of the Domain Name System (DNS) server in DNS SERVER.

e.Enter the domain name in DOMAIN NAME.

4.Click Save Settings and reboot the AP.

Advanced radio resource management

This section provides the following information:

•ARRM overview on page 37

•Configuring ARRM on an AP on page 39

•Configuring radio settings for an AP on page 42

ARRM overview

ARRM is a radio frequency management technology that optimizes WLAN performance even in the networks with highest traffic by dynamically and intelligently choosing the best 802.11 channel and transmitting power for each AP in its current RF environment. ARRM works with all standard clients, across all operating systems, while remaining in compliance with the IEEE 802.11 standards. It does not require any proprietary client software to achieve its performance goals. ARRM ensures low-latency roaming, consistently high performance, and maximum client compatibility in a multi-channel environment. By ensuring the fair distribution of available Wi-Fi bandwidth to mobile devices, ARRM ensures that data, voice, and video applications have sufficient network resources at all times. ARRM allows mixed 802.11a, b, g, n, and ac client types to inter operate at the highest performance levels.

Channel or power assignment

The channel or power assignment feature automatically assigns channel and power settings for all the APs in the network according to changes in the RF environment. This feature automates many setup tasks during network installation and the ongoing operations when RF conditions change.

Voice aware scanning

The Voice Aware scanning feature prevents an AP supporting an active voice call from scanning for other channels in the RF spectrum and allows an AP to resume scanning when there are no active voice calls. This significantly improves the voice quality when a call is in progress and simultaneously delivers the automated RF management functions. By default, this feature is enabled.

Load aware scanning

The Load Aware Scanning feature dynamically adjusts scanning behavior to maintain uninterrupted data transfer on resource intensive systems when the network traffic exceeds a predefined threshold. The APs resume complete monitoring scans when the traffic drops to the normal levels. By default, this feature is enabled.

Band steering mode

The Band Steering feature assigns the dual-band capable clients to the 5 GHz band on dual-band APs. This feature reduces co-channel interference and increases available bandwidth for dual-band clients, because there are more

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Cloud Network Manager Software specifications

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