Customizing the Radio Settings of an AP

From the 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.

Complete the following steps to customize the radio settings of an AP.

On the navigation bar, Select Wi-Fi > Access Points > AP List.
The AP List page is displayed.
Click the name of the AP for which you want to customize the AP radio settings, then on the Overview page, click Configure. Alternatively, click the checkbox for the specific AP name, then click Edit.
The AP configuration page is displayed. By default, the General tab is displayed.
Select the Radio tab.

Radio Tab - Wi-Fi Radio
(Optional) For band management, the default setting is to use the band operation mode of the venue (the field is inactive and grayed out).

Note: Only AP models that support band management can be configured (such as R670, T670, and R760 APs).
Choose the bands for the AP group to operate from: 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz. By default, the radio band is already selected.
Choose how the band settings are applied: Use inherited [band] settings from Venue or Customize [band] settings. The default setting is to use the radio settings of the venue (the fields are all inactive and grayed out). To customize any of the radio settings, click the Customize [band] settings option; the fields become active, allowing you to modify the settings.
Configure the following settings for both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radios:

Note: The following configuration settings can also be inherited from the AP Group.
- Enable 2.4 GHz band: When you click Customize 2.4 GHz settings, the Enable 2.4 GHz switch is turned on by default. You can disable or re-enable the band at any time by toggling the switch.
- Enable 5 GHz band: When you click Customize 5 GHz settings, the Enable 5 GHz switch is turned on by default. You can disable or re-enable the band at any time by toggling the switch.
- Channel Selection Method: Select the channel selection method. The options are ChannelFly, Manual channel selection, and Background Scanning.
- Channel Change Frequency: This option is displayed only if you select Channel Fly as Channel selection method. Adjust the frequency between 1 and 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 list.
- Transmit Power Adjustment: Select the transmit power adjustments from the drop-down list. The default setting is Full or you can choose Auto, Min, or Fixed (-1 dB to -10 dB).
- 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.
Complete the following fields to configure the 6 GHz band.
1. Select the 6 GHz tab and click Custom 6 GHz settings.
  
  Customizing 6 GHz Radio Settings
  - Enable 6 GHz band: When you click Customize 6 GHz settings, the Enable 6 GHz switch is turned on by default. You can disable or re-enable the band at any time by toggling the switch.
  - Enable AFC: Toggle the Enable AFC switch on or off to enable or disable the feature for any indoor APs. In the case of outdoor APs, the Enable AFC switch does not appear. For more information on how to configure the AFC feature, refer to Radio Settings
    Note: 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: Select the channel selection method. The options are ChannelFly (default), and Manual Channel Selection.
  - Channel Change Frequency: This option is displayed only if you select Channel Fly as Channel selection method. Adjust the frequency between 1 and 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 setting is Full or you can choose Auto, Min, or Fixed (-1 dB to -10 dB).
  - BSS Min Rate: Sets the lowest allowed client data rate. Select HE MCS 0, HE MCS 1, HE MCS 2, or HE MCS 3 from the drop-down list.
  - Mgmt Tx Rate: Sets the transmit rate for management frames. Select 6 Mbps, 9 Mbps, 12 Mbps, 18 Mbps, or 24 Mbps from the drop-down list.
  - Multicast Rate Limiting: Toggle the switch on to enable the feature, which controls the maximum upload and download speeds for multicast traffic on the network. When enabled, you can configure separate bandwidth limits for multicast upload and download using the sliders.
    - Upload Limit: Select this option to apply a limit on multicast upload traffic. Use the slider to set the maximum upload rate (for example, 20 Mbps). The value can be configured between 1 Mbps and 100 Mbps.
    - Download Limit: Select this option to apply a limit on multicast download traffic. Use the slider to set the maximum download rate (for example, 3 Mbps). The value can be configured between 1 Mbps and 3 Mbps.
  - 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.
Click Apply.