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View the current AP device default template, and view and modify the AP wireless and wired interface settings objects. Override the network policy SSIDs for an AP.

In this window you can view the current AP device template default settings, and configure wireless and wired interface settings.

For any changes that you make here, after you select Save, you can update your device directly selecting the Update Now button at the top right.

Generally, the radios in an AP operate concurrently in two frequency bands: radio 1 (wifi0) operates at 2.4 GHz, and radio 2 (wifi1) operates at 5 GHz. The number of radios and frequency bands supported varies by AP model. For instance, AP250 and AP550 devices have a dual-band wifi0 (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz) radio along with a single-band wifi1 5 GHz radio; the AP250 and AP550 devices support advanced features, such as MU-MIMO and smart antenna functions.

View the AP Device Template

You can view the current default AP template here. You can see the configuration for USB, Ethernet port, console port, and WiFi0 and WiFi1 interfaces.

You cannot change the template configuration here. To view and configure the AP device templates, see DHCP Servers and DHCP Relays and AP Templates.

Wireless Interfaces

In this section, you can configure external antennas (when equipped); radio mode, profile, and usage; Wi-Fi channel and excluded channels; transmission power; and enable or disable 802.11h client transmission power control; and enable or disable the SSIDs in the WiFi0 Radio and the WiFi1 Radio tabs.

Extreme Networks devices use the ACSP (Automatic Channel Selection and Power) protocol to communicate and control the selection of channels and power settings by sampling the RF environment. For example, specify how ACSP selects 5 GHz channels by excluding specific channels from a pool of channels that the radio can use. This is especially useful if you have a 5 GHz environment that is noisy, or devices that do not support certain 5 GHz channels. Although you can exclude specific channels on a 2.4 GHz radio, you do not need to do so for most cases.

Configure an AP Wireless Interface

Configure wireless interface settings on the WiFi0 tab, the WiFi1 tab, and the iBeacon tab. The iBeacon tab is active when you select an AP that supports iBeacons (see "Configure iBeacon Service").Enter the required information, and then select Save.

External Antenna: For access points that support external antennas, such as the AP245X, select the external antenna types connected to the AP external antenna ports: Omni, Sector 60 degree, Sector 120 degree, or Other.

Radio Status: Enable or disable the radio. When a radio is disabled, it neither transmits nor receives, and the wireless interface configuration options are hidden in the GUI.

Operating Mode: (AP250 and AP550 only.) Select the default band for the dual-band (2.4 GHz or 5 GHz) radio (WiFi0) operation.

Radio Mode: This displays the 802.11 protocol used: 802.11g/n for the 2.4 GHz radio, and 802.11ac for the 5 GHz radio.

Radio Profile: In the drop-down list (depending on which tab is selected), you can select previously saved profiles including the ones for the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz radios set up for this template. If you select a different profile from the network policy associated with this template, then the revert icon appears to the right of the drop-down list. Select to return to the previous port type defined in the network policy.

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To see the profile name associated to the network policy and the template, navigate to Configure > Network Policies (you might need to scroll down if there is a long list of policies). Select the policy_name, and then Device Templates. In Device Templates, select the device_model. You can see the radio profile names in the Radio Profiles in Use section.

Radio Usage: You can select modes for Client Mode (see AP Client Mode), Client Access, Backhaul Mesh Link, or Sensor (for presence).

Enable SDR (Software Defined Radio): Select this check box to enable SDR. Select an existing SDR profile from the drop-down list, or select to create a new SDR profile. See .

Channel: Use the drop-down list to select the Wi-Fi channel for the radios. For the WiFi0 radio operating on the 2.4 GHz band, you can select from Auto, channels 1-13. For the WiFi0 or WiFi1 radio operating on the 5 GHz band, you can select from Auto, channels 36, 40, 44, 48, 149, 153, 157, 161 and 165.

Exclude Channels: Disabled by default. When you enable Exclude Channels, you can select the check boxes for the channels that you want to exclude for the WiFi0 radio and the WiFi1 radio.

Note

For example, to avoid interference on 5 GHz channels, you can exclude channels 149 and 153 because Apple TVs using Airplay transmit on these channels. Also, as many devices do not support channel 165, you can exclude it.

Transmission Power: You can select from one of these modes:

Auto: Usually the AP and the connecting device automatically negotiate the optimal transmission speed and type. In auto mode, you can also configure:

Transmission Power Floor: You can use the dBm slider to configure the radio not to transmit below a specified power level. The AP automatically adjusts its transmit power, but never to a level lower than the number above the slider display. The range is 2 dBm -20 dBm, and by default, the power floor is 5 dBm. Once set, you are guaranteed a minimum power level.

Transmission Power Maxdrop: You can use the dBm slider to configure the maximum value the radio power can drop from the currently set power level. The range is 0 dBm -20 dBm, and the default is 9 dBm.

Manual: You can use the dBm slider to choose a power level from 1 dBm to 20 dBm. If you select Manual for Transmission Power, you cannot select Auto for the Enable client transmission power control feature.

Enable client transmission power control (802.11h): This allows the AP to control the transmit power of its clients by sending a management frame containing a power constraint information element. The contents of the information element provide supported clients with the maximum power level at which they can transmit. Client transmission power control is used to prevent co-channel interference by adjusting the transmit power of co-located stations. You can select from one of these modes:

Auto: When auto mode is selected for both Transmission Power and the Enable client transmission power control feature, the AP samples the RF environment, and then automatically adjusts its transmit power using the client transmission power control feature. If you select Manual for Transmission Power, you cannot select Auto for the Enable client transmission power control feature.

Manual: You can use the dBm slider to choose a power level from 1 dBm to 20 dBm.

SSIDs: The network policy SSIDs used by this AP can be overridden. To override the network policy SSIDs for this AP, turn the SSIDs switch ON and continue with "Override Network Policy SSID Settings".

Override Network Policy SSID Settings

Many MSP (managed services provider) APs can use the same network policy, except with slightly differently SSID settings. This is especially true in the case of Hotspot deployments with many small outfits such as coffee shops or restaurants. Administrators can assign a single network policy to all managed APs and then change the SSID details for each individual AP; this is much easier and more efficient than creating a different SSID for each AP.

If not already done, activate SSIDs to display the SSIDs used by this AP; by default, they are all shown as active (Status = ON).
Disable the SSIDs that this AP will not broadcast by changing the Status to OFF.
Active SSIDs can have their SSID details changed, as follows: override the SSID broadcast name, override the SSID PSK password, and, if the SSID has multiple CWPs, override the current CWP by selecting any other CWP.
Select Save.

Configure iBeacon Service

This tab appears when the selected AP has an internal iBeacon transmitter and belongs to a network policy that has iBeacon service enabled. AP models with internal iBeacon transmitters are the AP122, AP122X, AP150W, AP245X, AP250, and AP550. You can also enable iBeacon for a network policy (see iBeacon Service).

On the iBeacon tab, select the check box to enable iBeacon for the selected device. Then

In this section you configure the three numbers that uniquely identify the iBeacon transmitter to nearby Bluetooth-enabled devices and the measured power of the transmitter. This data is included in the payload of iBeacon advertisements.

The three numbers are the UUID and major and minor numbers and are included in the advertisement packets that transmitters broadcast. The UUID identifies the organization to which the iBeacon transmitter belongs, and the major and minor numbers identify areas within an organization hierarchically. For example, the UUID might indicate the name of a department store chain, the major number the location of a particular store, and the minor number an area within the store as depicted in the table below:


UUID	50039a42-d310-4c69-9015-f813ff993f10 = Good Buy Department Store
Major	1 = Portland			2 = San Francisco	3 = Los Angeles
Minor	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3

Minor 1 = Women's Department, Minor 2 = Men's Department, Minor 3 = Home Department

Using the hierarchical structure shown above, an iBeacon advertisement with the following numbers--

UUID: 50039a42-d310-4c69-9015-f813ff993f10

Major: 1

Minor: 3

--indicates that this transmitter is in the Good Buy Department store in Portland, in the Home Department.

An advertisement with these numbers--

UUID: 50039a42-d310-4c69-9015-f813ff993f10

Major: 3

Minor: 1

--indicates that it is in the Good Buy Department store in Los Angeles, in the Women's Department.

Each unique combination of numbers can trigger a different action on Bluetooth-enabled devices, such as a promotion of certain items at one location but not another, or a sale of items in a particular department.

The measured power is a measurement of signal strength at a distance of one meter from the transmitter. iBeacons include this value in their payload and Bluetooth clients use it and the RSSI (received signal strength indicator) of the iBeacon signal they receive to estimate their distance from the transmitter.

By default, the measured power is -59 dBm, but you can calibrate it for greater accuracy. A good tool for this is the Locate Beacon app, which is free and available for download from the Apple App Store. With the app running on an iPhone, hold the phone steady at a distance of one meter from the AP, take several measurements, and use their average as the measured power of the transmitter.

To configure iBeacon service for the selected AP or APs, enter the following, and then select Save:

Enable iBeacon Service: By default this check box is selected because iBeacon Service must be enabled in the network policy assigned to the selected AP or APs for this option to appear. If you want to disable the iBeacon transmitter at the device level, clear the check box.

Service Name: (read only) This is the name of the iBeacon service that was set in the network policy to which the AP is assigned. This is only for your reference in ExtremeCloud IQ.

iBeacon UUID: (read only) This is the UUID (universally unique identifier) that was set in the network policy to which the AP is assigned. This value is included in the packets that the Extreme Networks iBeacon transmitter broadcasts.

Note

The service name and UUID only appear when you select a single AP to configure. If you select multiple APs, these settings are not displayed.

Settings: Enter the data that is included in iBeacon packets along with the UUID.

Major: Enter a number to indicate major groups of iBeacon transmitters belonging to the same organization.

Minor: Enter a number to indicate the lowest level of the hierarchical structure, identifying an individual iBeacon transmitter.

Power dBm: Enter the measured power in dBm. By default, the RSSI at one meter from the transmitter is set at -59 dBm. If a client detects an iBeacon signal with an RSSI of -59 dBm and the iBeacon packet indicates that its measured power is also -59 dBm, the client can determine it is one meter away too. If a client detects an RSSI of -70 dBm, it might be six meters away, depending on how the algorithm on the Bluetooth client works.

Interface Settings

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Wireless Interfaces

Wired Interfaces