Dell PowerConnect W-AP124 Dell Networking W-Series Wireless LAN Mobility Contr - Page 5

Dell Networking W-Series Wireless LAN Mobility Controller Optimizations for Microsoft Lync Licenses Verify that the Access Point license and the Policy Enforcement Firewall Next Generation (PEFNG) license are installed on the controller. To verify, navigate to Configuration -> Network -> Controller > Licenses. Figure 2. Licenses Virtual AP Profile Dynamic Multicast Optimization (DMO) Navigate to Configuration -> All Profiles -> Wireless LAN -> Virtual AP Profile -> -> Virtual AP Profile Details. Select Dynamic Multicast Optimization (DMO). Figure 3. Virtual AP Profile Band Steering See Figure 3. Click the Band Steering checkbox to enable the feature. Steering Mode defaults to "Prefer 5ghz". Verify that it is selected. Click Apply to carry out the changes. It is good practice to save the configuration. With the Band Steering feature enabled, Dell access points will ignore 802.11 management Probe Requests from 2.5GHz RADIO client stations, responding only to Probe Requests from client stations in the 5GHz frequency band, effectively steering stations to the preferred spectrum. 5