Wireless Access

Hi everyone, I have a Mobility Controller 7010 with a few AP-518s installed in an office and Client Match enabled in ArubaOS 8.7.1.3. My goal is for clients to automatically switch APs as they move around. Testing shows that clients do switch APs, but not always at the same physical point, and I'm trying to understand why.

For example, I have two APs 10m apart. I expect a client to switch to the second AP when passing the midpoint (<5m away), but sometimes the client stays connected to the first AP even when directly beneath the second.

I've read that Client Match uses parameters like "Sticky Client Check SNR (dB)" and "Sticky Min Signal." Where can I find these settings in ArubaOS, and how do I check their current values? I couldn't locate them in the webUI."

TL;DR: Confused by seemingly random physical locations that clients switch APs consistently. Where can I find the Client Match parameters like "Sticky Client Check SNR" and "Sticky Min Signal" in ArubaOS?

First and foremost, clients are going to usually make the choice on when to roam.  ClientMatch is there to help along the problematic devices.

For your situation, unless the power is just set ridiculously low or you have a lot of attenuation (walls/shelves/doors/windows/etc.) between the two AP locations, 10 meters just isn't enough separation for a client device to care to roam.

You can see what the current Client Match settings are by running show rf arm-profile <profile-name> from the CLI.