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Wireless
Wireless Settings
DeviceName:Enteranameforthedevice.Thenameyou
typeappearsinSNMPmanagement.Thisnameisnotthe
SSIDandisnotbroadcasttootherdevices.
Band Steering (Avaiable on WAP353): Enable Band
Steeringtosend802.11nclientstothe5GHzband,where
802.11b/g clients cannot go, and
leave802.11b/gclientsin2.4GHztooperateattheirslowerrates.
Before implementing this feature, we suggest
youto assuretheboth2.4GHzand5GHzSSID,as well
assecuritysettingsmustbethesame.EnGeniusBandSteeringsup
portsfollowingadvancedsettings,
* Force5GHz:WhenbandsteeringisconfiguredtoForce
5GHzmode,theAPwillnotdualbandcapableclient
Devicestonetworktothe2.4GHzbandonlyiftheclient
devicesarenotcurrentlyassociatedon2.4GHzradiointhisAP.
*Prefer5GHz:WhenbandsteeringisconfiguredtoPrefer
5GHzmode,theAPwillsteerdualbandcapableclient
devicesto5GHzradiowhentheRSSIvalueoftheseclient
deviceson5GHzradioismorethansetone.Theallowed
RSSIvaluefordefaultsettingis-75dBm.
*BandBalance:WhenbandsteeringisconfiguredtoBandBalanc
emode,theAPwillsteerdualbandcapable
clientdevicesto5GHzwhentheRSSIvalueoftheseclient
deviceson5GHzradioismorethansetone.Toevenly
allocateRFresourceontheboth2.4GHzand5GHzradios,
usersalsocansettheportionofclientdeviceson5GHz
radiotoassuresmoothlyconnection.Thedefaultvalueof
the5GHzradiois75%.
Save: Click Save to confirm the changes.