Viewing Wireless Neighborhood Information; Table 49: Advanced Channel Management Settings - D-Link DWL-8600AP Administrator's Manual

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Use Advanced Settings to modify the interference reduction potential that triggers channel re-assignment, change the
schedule for automatic updates, and re-configure the channel set used for assignments. If there are no fields showing in the
Advanced section, click the toggle button to display the settings that modify timing and details of the channel planning
algorithm.
Field
Change channels if interference
is reduced by at least
Determine if there is better set of
channels every
Click Apply under Advanced settings to apply these settings.
Advanced settings will take affect when they are applied and influence how automatic channel management is performed.
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The Wireless Neighborhood shows up to 20 access points per radio within range of every member of the cluster, shows
which access points are within range of which cluster members, and distinguishes between cluster members and non-
members.
Note: The Wireless Neighborhood page shows up to 20 access points per radio. To see all the access points
detected on a given cluster access point, navigate to that cluster member's web interface and go to the Status >
Neighboring Access Points page.
For each neighbor access point, the Wireless Neighborhood view shows identifying information
Address, MAC address) along with radio statistics (signal strength, channel, beacon interval). You can click on an AP to get
additional statistics about the APs in radio range of the currently selected AP.
The Wireless Neighborhood view can help you:
• Detect and locate unexpected (or rogue ) access points in a wireless domain so that you can take action to limit
associated risks
• Verify coverage expectations. By assessing which APs are visible at what signal strength from other APs, you can verify
that the deployment meets your planning goals.
• Detect faults. Unexpected changes in the coverage pattern are evident at a glance in the color coded table.
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Viewing Wireless Neighborhood Information

Table 49: Advanced Channel Management Settings

Description
Specify the minimum percentage of interference reduction a proposed plan must
achieve in order to be applied. The default is 75 percent.
Use the drop-down menu to choose percentages ranging from 5 percent to 75 percent.
This setting lets you set a gating factor for channel re-assignment so that the network
is not continually disrupted for minimal gains in efficiency.
For example, if channel interference must be reduced by 75 percent and the proposed
channel assignments will only reduce interference by 30 percent, then channels will not
be re-assigned. However; if you re-set the minimal channel interference benefit to 25
percent and click Apply, the proposed channel plan will be implemented and channels
re-assigned as needed.
Use the drop-down menu to specify the schedule for automated updates.
A range of intervals is provided, from 30 Minutes to 6 Months
The default is 1 Hour (channel usage re-assessed and the resulting channel plan
applied every hour).
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