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iAP 93 memory usage enabling background spectrum monitoring

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  • 1.  iAP 93 memory usage enabling background spectrum monitoring

    Posted Oct 29, 2015 11:44 AM

    Hi All,

     

    For some reason, historically, our client never had background spectrum monitoring enabled on there iAPs, so I have an exercise to enable this. 

     

    They are running alot of iAP 93's and we're seeing alot of memory threshold alerts in airwave for them, usually around 85-90% (threshold is 77%).... so my question is, will enabling background monitoring push that memory usage up further, and am I likely to cause more problems on the 93's?!

     

     

    Cheers,

     

    Danny



  • 2.  RE: iAP 93 memory usage enabling background spectrum monitoring

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Oct 29, 2015 11:57 AM

    Dannyg81,

     

    What version of Instant code are you running on your AP93?

     



  • 3.  RE: iAP 93 memory usage enabling background spectrum monitoring

    Posted Oct 29, 2015 12:04 PM

    I've just upgraded them to 6.4.2.6-4.1.1.8 actually, I believe that is the latest release?!

     

     

     

    Cheers,

     

    Danny

     



  • 4.  RE: iAP 93 memory usage enabling background spectrum monitoring

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Oct 29, 2015 12:16 PM

    The IAP-93 is probably the AP platform with the least memory of all access points.  I would not run hybrid spectrum full-time as a result.  You will get memory errors, but it should reclaim it.  Again, you should not run hybrid spectrum full time.

     



  • 5.  RE: iAP 93 memory usage enabling background spectrum monitoring

    Posted Oct 29, 2015 12:18 PM

    Thanks, I thought as much but wanted to double check so I can go back to the customer with a tangible reason not to on the 93's.

     

    Thanks!



  • 6.  RE: iAP 93 memory usage enabling background spectrum monitoring

    Posted Oct 30, 2015 11:27 AM

    I thought that feature was disabled in the 93 precisely because of the memory issues several revisions ago.



  • 7.  RE: iAP 93 memory usage enabling background spectrum monitoring

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Oct 30, 2015 12:24 PM

    It was not.  From the release notes:

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  • 8.  RE: iAP 93 memory usage enabling background spectrum monitoring

    Posted Oct 30, 2015 12:28 PM

    Cool! 

     

    We were unhappy when it went away, glad it was reintroduced. Missed that in the release notes.

    I'll go turn it on...