Netgear WMS5316-Wireless Reference Manual - Page 18

ProSafe 16 AP Wireless Management System WMS5316 Configuring Centralized RF Management In this screen you can specify RF management settings. RF management, when run, optimizes the channel allocation for access points based on clients, user data traffic, and observed nearby RF environment of access points. 1. On the Configuration tab, select Wireless to display the following screen: 2. Specify the centralized RF management: • Centralized RF Management: The enable radio button is selected by default. This allows the wireless management system to allocate access point channels based on the access point performance in the local environment. For example, if an access point experiences interference on a channel, the wireless management system allocates a different channel to that access point. • Client aware RF Management: If this enable radio button is selected, the wireless management system does not modify the channel for an access point with associated clients that would be impacted by the channel change. The wireless management system waits for the next scheduled channel allocation to adjust the channel. • Usage aware RF Management: If this enable radio button is selected, the wireless management system does not modify the channel for an access point that is switching more than 1 Mbps of wireless data traffic. • Run channel allocation at: Specify at what time of the day the channel allocation can modify access point RF configuration. • Run channel allocation every: Specify a weekly schedule for running channel allocation. • Run channel allocation now: Click the Run Now button to run channel allocation immediately. 3. Enter the custom RF settings: • Mode Settings: Specify the radio mode preference to set on the access points. Most access points are configured with the fastest mode by default. You can use the Mode Settings field to change this. For example, you could specify that an access Wireless Configuration 18