Chapter 9 Wireless

 

Table 43 Configuration > Wireless > DCS (continued)

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

DCS Sensitivity

Select the AP’s sensitivity level toward other channels. Options are

 

Level

High, Medium, and Low.

 

 

Generally, as long as the area in which your AP is located has minimal

 

 

interference from other devices you can set the DCS Sensitivity

 

 

Level to Low. This means that the AP has a very broad tolerance.

 

 

If you are not sure about the number and location of any other

 

 

devices in the region, set the level to Medium. The AP’s tolerance for

 

 

interference is relatively narrow.

 

 

On the other hand, if you know there are numerous other devices in

 

 

the region, you should set the level to High to keep the interference

 

 

to a minimum. In this case, the NWA3000-N series AP’s tolerance for

 

 

interference is quite strict.

 

 

Note: Generally speaking, the higher the sensitivity level, the

 

 

more frequently the AP switches channels. As a

 

 

consequence, anyone connected to the AP will experience

 

 

more frequent disconnects and reconnects unless you

 

 

select Enable DCS Client Aware.

 

 

 

 

Enable DCS Client

Select this to have the AP wait until all connected clients have

 

Aware

disconnected before switching channels.

 

 

If you disable this then the AP switches channels immediately

 

 

regardless of any client connections. In this instance, clients that are

 

 

connected to the AP when it switches channels are dropped.

 

 

 

 

2.4-GHz Channel

Select how you want to specify the channels the NWA3000-N series

 

Selection Method

AP switches between for 2.4 GHz operation.

 

 

Select auto to have the NWA3000-N series AP display a 2.4 GHz

 

 

Channel Deployment field you can use to limit channel switching to

 

 

3 or 4 channels.

 

 

Select manual to select the individual channels the NWA3000-N

 

 

series AP switches between. Select channels from the Available

 

 

channels list and use the right arrow button to move them to the

 

 

Channels selected list.

 

 

 

 

2.4-GHz Channel

This is available when the 2.4-GHz Channel Selection Method is

 

Deployment

set to auto.

 

 

Select Three-Channel Deployment to limit channel switching to

 

 

channels 1,6, and 11, the three channels that are sufficiently

 

 

attenuated to have almost no impact on one another. In other words,

 

 

this allows you to minimize channel interference by limiting channel-

 

 

hopping to these three “safe” channels.

 

 

Select Four-Channel Deployment to limit channel switching to four

 

 

channels. Depending on the country domain, if the only allowable

 

 

channels are 1-11 then the NWA3000-N series AP uses channels 1, 4,

 

 

7, 11 in this configuration; otherwise, the NWA3000-N series AP uses

 

 

channels 1, 5, 9, 13 in this configuration. Four channel deployment

 

 

expands your pool of possible channels while keeping the channel

 

 

interference to a minimum.

 

 

 

 

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