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RF Scanning

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  • 1.  RF Scanning

    Posted Sep 20, 2013 02:08 PM

    Just curious if anyone else has noticed this.  Possibly it is just occurring on my network.  It appears when I do a continuous ping (ie. ping <local ip address> -t) while connected wirelessly to an IAP-105 I will get a "Request timed out" every once in awhile.  However, when I disable "scanning" on the RF tab (advanced options) I never receive a timeout and all pings are successful.  When I re-enable the scanning option, I once again receive "timeouts" every now and then. Currently running version 6.2.1.0-3.3.0.3_39227.



  • 2.  RE: RF Scanning
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    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Sep 20, 2013 02:28 PM

    This usually happens because the AP goes off-channel very quickly as part of the ARM scanning process.

     

    Load Aware Scanning (on by default) will prevent off-channel scanning during high traffic times.

     

     



  • 3.  RE: RF Scanning
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    Posted Sep 20, 2013 02:38 PM

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    Make sure you have Client Aware enabled (which is enabled by default)

     

     

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  • 4.  RE: RF Scanning

    Posted Oct 07, 2013 02:31 PM

    What's the side affect of disabling scanning?



  • 5.  RE: RF Scanning

    Posted Oct 07, 2013 02:46 PM

    From my understanding.  When you disable scanning you would no longer be scanning for interference on your channel as well as looking for possibly a better channel for the AP.  I would also asume you would not longer be adjusting any of the power settings per channel too.



  • 6.  RE: RF Scanning

    Posted Oct 07, 2013 04:47 PM

    Thanks... I was hoping this wasn't the case. :-(