Customizing the Radio Settings of an AP
From RUCKUS One web interface, you can customize the radio settings of an AP.
Note:
- While there are similarities in settings across the radio bands, each radio band must be configured separately..
- On tri-band APs, you can configure both 5 GHz and 6 GHz bands. While configuring the Wi-Fi radio settings, toggle the Tri-band radio settings switch to ON to view the Lower 5 GHz, Upper 5 GHz, or 6 GHz options.
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On the navigation bar, click Wi-Fi > Access Points > Access Point List.
The Wi-Fi page is displayed.
- Click on the name of the AP for which you want to customize the wireless radio settings.
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On the upper-right corner, click
Configure.
The AP configuration page is displayed. By default, the General tab is displayed.
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Select the Radio tab.
The Wi-Fi Radio Settings page is displayed.
- Configure the following settings
for both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radios:
- Channel Selection Method: Select either Background Scanning or Channel Fly or Manual Channel Selection.
- Channel Change Frequency: This option is displayed only if you select the Channel Selection Method as Channel Fly. Adjust the frequency between 1-100. By default, 33 is selected.
- Bandwidth: Select Auto, 20 MHz, or 40 MHz channel width for the 2.4 GHz radio, or Auto, 20, 40, 80, or 160 MHz channel width for the 5 GHz radio from the drop-down.
- Transmit Power Adjustment: Select the transmit power adjustments from the drop down list. The default is Full.
- Channel Selection: A blue icon above the channel number
indicates that the channel is enabled for the radio. If there are channels
that you do not want the radio to use, disable them by clicking their
respective icons. When a channel is disabled, its blue icon changes to gray.
Note: For the 5 GHz radio, you must configure a different set of channels for indoor APs and outdoor APs.
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Configure the following settings
for the Lower 5 GHz, Upper 5 GHz,
6 GHz bands:
- Click Customize to enable the Lower 5 GHz, Upper 5 GHz, and 6 GHz band options.
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Handle the tri-band
radio for APs, R760, and R560
from the following options:
- Select Split 5 GHz into lower and upper bands to configure AP R760 specifically with Lower 5 GHz and Upper 5 GHz bands, or AP R560 with the 6 GHz band.
- Select Use 5 and 6 GHz bands to configure common 5 GHz and 6 GHz bands for all the APs.
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Complete the following
fields to configure the 6 GHz band.
- Select the
6 GHz tab and click Customize
- Use the toggle button to enable or disable 6 GHz band.
- Use the toggle button to enable or
disable the AFC feature. For more
information on how to configure the AFC feature, refer
to Radio SettingsNote: Before enabling the AFC feature, ensure that you have configured the venue height in the Venue settings page. Any attempt to enable the AFC feature without configuring the venue height results in failure..
- Channel selection method: By default, Channel Fly is selected. Select either Channel Fly or Manual Channel Selection.
- Channel Change Frequency: This option is displayed only if you select the Channel Selection Method as Channel Fly. Adjust the frequency between 1-100. By default, 33 is selected.
- Bandwidth: Select Auto, 20 MHz, 40 MHz, 80 MHz, 160 MHz, or 320 MHz.
- Transmit Power Adjustment: Select the transmit power adjustments from the drop-down list. The default is Full.
- BSS Min Rate: Select HE MCS 0, HE MCS 1, HE MCS 2, or HE MCS 3 from the drop-down list.
- Mgmt Tx Rate: Select 6 Mbps, 9 Mbps, 12 Mbps, 18 Mbps, or 24 Mbps from the drop-down list.
- Channel Selection: A blue icon above the channel number indicates that the channel is enabled for the radio. If there are channels that you do not want the radio to use, disable them by clicking their respective icons. When a channel is disabled, its blue icon changes to gray.
- Select the
6 GHz tab and click Customize
- Click Apply.