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AP's unable to go full power?

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  • 1.  AP's unable to go full power?

    MVP
    Posted Nov 05, 2013 10:36 AM

    Active AP Table
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    Name Group IP Address 11g Clients 11g Ch/EIRP/MaxEIRP 11a Clients 11a Ch/EIRP/MaxEIRP AP Type Flags Uptime Outer IP
    ---- ----- ---------- ----------- ------------------- ----------- ------------------- ------- ----- ------ --------
    24:de:c6:ca:67:c4    demo 192.168.99.1 0  AP:HT:6/15/19 0  AP:HT:52+/21/21    115    2a 27m:16s N/A
    6c:f3:7f:c9:1c:2c       demo 192.168.99.2 0  AP:HT:1/15/19 0  AP:HT:64-/20/20     104    2a 7m:1s N/A
    24:de:c6:ca:7c:74    demo 192.168.99.3 0  AP:HT:6/15/19 0  AP:HT:124+/15/20  114    2a 48m:42s N/A
    00:0b:86:9c:d6:e6    demo 192.168.99.4 0  AP:HT:1/15/19 0                                     93H   A2a 49m:45s N/A

     

     

     

    Anybody got an explanation why my AP's wont go full power? 

    Both arm and radio profiles have min and max set to 127 dB for both bands yet none goes up to max eirp on 2.4GHz.

    AP-104 and 114 have been provisioned as indoor with 1dB antennas :smileytongue:

    All AP's are directly connected to an Aruba 651 controller.



  • 2.  RE: AP's unable to go full power?

    Posted Nov 05, 2013 10:45 AM

     

    The Max 127 is just theoretical value , in reality the maximum power allowed for APs is 22.5 

     

    https://arubanetworkskb.secure.force.com/pkb/articles/HowTo/R-13



  • 3.  RE: AP's unable to go full power?

    MVP
    Posted Nov 05, 2013 10:47 AM

    I realize that, but my AP's are stuck at 15dB with a max EIRP of 19.

    Hence, I want my 4dB!



  • 4.  RE: AP's unable to go full power?

    Posted Nov 05, 2013 11:03 AM

    Do you have ARM enabled ?

     

    What's the Min/Max EIRP on ARM ?



  • 5.  RE: AP's unable to go full power?

    MVP
    Posted Nov 05, 2013 11:16 AM

    yes arm enabled.

    Both the radio profile (just in case) as the arm profiles for both bands have 127 set for min and max.



  • 6.  RE: AP's unable to go full power?

    Posted Nov 05, 2013 11:39 AM

     

    Can you verify the following :

     

    https://arubanetworkskb.secure.force.com/pkb/articles/HowTo/R-778



  • 7.  RE: AP's unable to go full power?

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Nov 05, 2013 03:16 PM

    Koenv,

     

    What ArubaOS is this and what regulatory domain?

     



  • 8.  RE: AP's unable to go full power?

    MVP
    Posted Nov 05, 2013 07:47 PM

    6.3.1.1, Belgium, Europe



  • 9.  RE: AP's unable to go full power?

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Nov 05, 2013 08:20 PM

    Koenv,

     

    Check to make sure you don't have ARM disabled on that band (g radio).  The initial EIRP is 15 and if ARM is disabled, that is where it will stay.



  • 10.  RE: AP's unable to go full power?

    MVP
    Posted Nov 05, 2013 08:25 PM
    nope, I even set the rf radio profile to 127 dB for both bands as well so we can rule that out.

    Koen


  • 11.  RE: AP's unable to go full power?

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Nov 05, 2013 08:28 PM
    Please open a TAC case. Since you say that the power is set correctly, we cannot determine what is the issue on this forum.


  • 12.  RE: AP's unable to go full power?

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Nov 05, 2013 12:35 PM

    In the data sheet for the 104/5 you will see that at the highest rates (MCSA7/15) the max power is 15 dBm per transmit chain. In the ht-ssid profile, change the supported MCS set to be something like 0-3 and see if you get more power. According to the data sheet you should get 20 dBm.

     

    Try maybe disabling ht-rates and see if it changes. For 54 Mbps is says it should be 17 dBm.

     

    I'd be interested to know the results.