Concept Guide

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Parameter Description
(Open/PSK/802.1X)
bridge VAPs.
l standard—Enables
the virtual AP when the
remote AP connects to
the controller. This
option can be used for
any (bridge/split-
tunnel/tunnel/d-tunnel)
VAPs.
Convert Broadcast ARP requests to unicast
If this option is enabled, all
broadcast ARP requests
are converted to unicast
and sent directly to the
client. You can check the
status of this option using
the show ap active and
the show datapath
tunnel command. If
enabled, the output will
display the letter a in the
flags column.
Band Steering
Shows if band-steering
has been enabled or
disabled for a virtual AP.
ARM’s band steering
feature encourages dual-
band capable clients to
stay on the 5GHz band on
dual-band APs. This frees
up resources on the
2.4GHz band for single
band clients like VoIP
phones.
Band steering reduces co-
channel interference and
increases available
bandwidth for dual-band
clients, because there are
more channels on the
5GHz band than on the
2.4GHz band. Dual-band
802.11n-capable clients
may see even greater
bandwidth improvements,
because the band steering
feature will automatically
select between 40MHz or
20MHz channels in
802.11n networks. This
feature is disabled by
default, and must be
enabled in a Virtual AP
profile.