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ConfiguringandViewingChannelManagementSettings

D-Link UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide

November2011 Page157

UnifiedAccessPointAdministrator’sGuide

ConfiguringAdvancedSettings

Theadvancedsettingsallowyoutocustomizeandschedulethechannelplanforthecluster.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).

Thedefaultsettingsaredesignedtosatisfymostscenarioswhereyouwouldneedtoimplementchannel

management.

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.Ifthereare

nofieldsshowingintheAdvancedsection,clickthetogglebuttontodisplaythesettingsthatmodifytiming

anddetailsofthechannelplanningalgorithm.

ClickApplyunderAdvanced

settingstoapplythesesettings.

Advancedsettingswilltak eeffectwhentheyareappliedandinfluencehowautomaticchannelmanagement

isperformed.

Table63:AdvancedChannelManagementSettings

Field Description

Changechannelsif

interferenceisreducedbyat

least

Specifytheminim umpercentageofinterferencereductionaproposedplan

mustachieveinordertobeapplied.Thedefaultis75percent.

Usethedrop‐downmenutochoosepercentagesrangingfrom5percentto

75percent.

Thissettingletsyouseta

gatingfactorforchannelre‐assignmentsothatthe

networkisnotcontinuallydisruptedforminimalgainsinefficiency.

Forexample,ifchannelinterferencemustbereducedby75percentandthe

proposedchannelassignmentswillonlyreduceinterferenceby30percent,

thenchannelswillnotbere‐assigned.However;if

youre‐settheminimal

channelinterferencebenefitto25percentandclickApply,theproposed

channelplanwillbeimplementedandchannelsre‐assignedasneeded.

Determineifthereisbetterset

ofchannelsevery

Usethedrop‐downmenutospecifythescheduleforautomatedupdates.

Arangeof

intervalsisprovided,from30Minutesto6Months

Thedefaultis1Hour(channelusagere‐assessedandtheresultingchannel

planappliedeveryhour).

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