Instructions

Introduction to the AP Group Web Management System
Stellar AP User Guide
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channels on 5 GHz band. By default, band steering is enabled. When Band Steering is enabled and Force 5G
is NOT selected, AP is working in Prefer 5G mode. The prefer-5GHz-band-steering is based on channel
utilization and client density. When the 5G band is busy and connecting too many clients, a new client will
be guided to connect to free 2.4G band.
Force 5G: AP forces dual band clients to connect to the 5 GHz band. Dual band clients are not allowed to
connect 2.4G radio. Those clients only supporting 2.4G band are permitted to connect to 2.4G radio. When
Band Steering is enabled and Force 5G is selected, AP is working in Force 5G mode.
Exclude: Excludes the clients from Band Steering. For example, user can exclude some dual band voice
terminals from Band Steering and AP will let those terminals choose wireless band to connect freely.
Load Balance: The principle of this is to provide fair distribution of clients among neighboring APs. Based
on the client density, channel utilization on adjacent APs, and associating clients RSSI value, it is steered
from a busy AP to an idle AP. The thresholds for client density is 10, channel utilization is 70% for 2.4G and
70% for 5G. By default, Load Balance is enabled.
RSSI Threshold: Wireless access control, client with lower RSSI value than configured setting is forbidden
to access. By default, RSSI threshold is disabled (0). RSSI threshold can be applied to 2.4G band or 5G band
separately. Recommended 2.4G (5), 5G (10). RSSI threshold is recommended to be deployed in high density
scenario.
Roaming RSSI: Wireless access control, client with lower RSSI value than setting is forced to roaming. By
default, roaming RSSI is disabled (0). Roaming RSSI can be applied to 2.4G band or 5G band separately.
Roaming RSSI is used in conjunction with 802.11k and 802.11v. Clients that support these protocols will be
informed with sufficient information on which AP to roam to when the threshold is breached. When
802.11k and 802.11v is enabled. Recommended 2.4G (10), 5G (15).
Voice and Video Awareness: Background scanning needs to be aware of existing traffic on the Stellar AP,
if there is an ongoing voice/video service, scanning should not be done to ensure uninterrupted traffic; and
allows to resume scanning when there is no active voice/video session. By default, Voice and Video
Awareness feature is disabled.
Airtime Fairness: All clients share the wireless transition time slice equally, even with traditional low
speed clients present. By default, Airtime fairness is disabled.
Access Page
The Access page focuses on user access management including: user authentication, user blacklist and
whitelist and user access control list.
The Access page is divided into three windows: Authentication window, Blacklist & Whitelist window, ACL
window, illustrated in Figure 4-33.