Concept Guide

Parameter Description Range Default
(bridge/split-
tunnel/tunnel/d-tunnel)
VAPs.
ssid-profile
Name of the SSID profile that
applies to this virtual AP.
— “default”
steering-mode
Band steering supports three
different band steering modes.
l Force-5GHz: When the AP is
configured in force-5GHz
band steering mode, the AP
will try to force 5Ghz-
capable APs to use that
radio band.
l Prefer-5GHz (Default): If
you configure the AP to use
prefer-5GHz band steering
mode, the AP will try to steer
the client to 5G band (if the
client is 5G capable) but will
let the client connect on the
2.4G band if the client
persists in 2.4G association
attempts.
l Balance-bands: In this band
steering mode, the AP tries
to balance the clients across
the two radios in order to
best utilize the available
2.4G bandwidth. This
feature takes into account
the fact that the 5Ghz band
has more channels than the
2.4 Ghz band, and that the
5Ghz channels operate in
40MHz while the 2.5Ghz
band operates in 20MHz.
NOTE: Steering modes do not
take effect until the band
steering feature has been
enabled. The band steering
feature in ArubaOS versions
3.3.2-5.0 does not support
multiple band-steering modes.
The band-steering feature in
these versions of ArubaOS
functions the same way as the
default prefer-5GHz steering
mode available in ArubaOS 6.0
and later.
Force-5GHz
prefer-5ghz
balance-
bands
prefer-5ghz
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