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  • 1.  IAP-315 settings

    Posted Sep 13, 2024 10:55 AM

    Hi.  I inherited a small (30ish) IAP-315 network that forms its own virtual controller.  Looking at the settings, it looks like Broadcast filtering is disabled on the network and none of the fast roaming (802.11r/k/v) are turned on.  Wondering thoughts from the community about these?  I'm not sure if the last admin just didn't know to turn some of these on?  We have mostly newer Macbooks and Dell windows laptops in our fleet, and we sometimes get unpleasant buffering/lagging in Google meets and Zoom calls (machines on wired ports do not experience these problems).

    Currently running 8.10.0.9 firmware.

    Anything to immediately check?



  • 2.  RE: IAP-315 settings

    Posted Sep 13, 2024 02:55 PM

    Setting the WLAN up with those settings provides the greatest amount of flexibility and compatibility.  Enabling broadcast/multicast filtering is always recommended, when the impact on the network is known and taken into account.  Make sure you don't kill mDNS discovery if that is used on your network.

    802.11r/k/v are highly dependent on the devices on the network.  There have been some bugs in the past on the infrastructure side that would recommend not to enable, but more often than not the problem is client devices not behaving properly when 802.11r is enabled.



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    Carson Hulcher, ACEX#110
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  • 3.  RE: IAP-315 settings

    Posted Sep 13, 2024 06:24 PM

    Also upgrade the firmware to 8.10.0.14



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