Wireless Access

We have configured a customers network to reduce transmit power (eirp min/max) for both 2.4 and 5.

2.4 is set to min/max eirp 6/9

5 is set to min/max eirp 12/15

 

The AP`s are members of the correct AP group, the AP group has the correct arm profiles.

 

But the APs are running totally different eirp values that configured.

 

show ap radio-summary dot11a gives me this:

 

<ap-name>   <ap-group>       325      <ap-ip-address>  5     AP:VHT:108+  15/23

 

The AP listed above runs eirp min/max 15/23 instead of 12/15

 

The result is to large cells, and overlapping channels.

 

Anyone have any ideas as to what is wrong?

 

Running 6.4.4.9, 7220, AP 325.

Does show ap active show any APs outside of the limit? The 23 in that output is the regulatory maximum and not what you have configured for the arm maximum transmit power.

Yes, all ap`s

 

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

----          -----      ----------      -----------  -------------------  -----------  -------------------  -------  -----  ------           --------

APNAME-AP01  APGRP       APIPADR  0            AP:HT:11/6/18        7            AP:VHT:40-/15/22     325      E2adK  12d:14h:31m:51s  N/A

APNAME-AP9   APGRP       APIPADR   2            AP:HT:1/6/18         19           AP:VHT:116+/15/23    325      E2daK  10d:14h:59m:15s  N/A

 

Adaptive Radio Management (ARM) profile "XYZ_11a_arm_2016_optimized"
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Parameter                                                                    Value
---------                                                                    -----
Assignment                                                                   single-band
Allowed bands for 40MHz channels                                             a-only
80MHz support                                                                Disabled
Client Aware                                                                 Enabled
Max Tx EIRP                                                                  15 dBm
Min Tx EIRP                                                                  12 dBm
Rogue AP Aware                                                               Disabled
Scan Interval                                                                10 sec
Aggressive scanning                                                          true
Active Scan                                                                  Disabled
ARM Over the Air Updates                                                     Enabled
Scanning                                                                     Enabled
Multi Band Scan                                                              Enabled
VoIP Aware Scan                                                              Enabled
Power Save Aware Scan                                                        Disabled
Video Aware Scan                                                             Enabled
Ideal Coverage Index                                                         6
Acceptable Coverage Index                                                    4
Free Channel Index                                                           25
Backoff Time                                                                 1800 sec
Error Rate Threshold                                                         70 %
Error Rate Wait Time                                                         90 sec
Channel Quality Aware Arm                                                    Disabled
Channel Quality Threshold                                                    70 %
Channel Quality Wait Time                                                    120 sec
Minimum Scan Time                                                            8
Load aware Scan Threshold                                                    1250000 Bps
Mode Aware Arm                                                               Disabled
Scan Mode                                                                    all-reg-domain
Cellular handoff assist                                                      Disabled
Client Match                                                                 Enabled
Client Match report interval (sec)                                           30
Allows Client Match to automatically clear unsteerable clients after ageout  Enabled
Client Match Unsteerable Client Ageout Interval                              2 Days 0 Hours
Client Match Band Steer G Band Max Signal (-dBm)                             10
Client Match Band Steer A Band Min Signal (-dBm)                             75
Client Match Sticky Client Check Interval (sec)                              3
Client Match Sticky client check SNR (dB)                                    18
Client Match SNR threshold(dB)                                               10
Client Match Sticky Min Signal                                               65
Client Match Restriction timeout (sec)                                       3
Client Match Load Balancing threshold (%)                                    20
Client Match IOS Steer Backoff interval (sec)                                300
Client Match VBR Stale Entry Age (sec)                                       120
Client Match Max steer failures                                              2
Client Match Load Balancing client threshold                                 30
Client Match Load Balancing SNR threshold (dB)                               30
Client Match Load Balancing signal delta bound (dB)                          5
Client Match 11v BSS Transition Management                                   Enabled
Client Match MU Client threshold                                             15
Client Match MU SNR threshold (dB)                                           30
 
 
 
802.11a radio profile "XYZ_11a_2016_optimized"
-----------------------------------------------
Parameter                                      Value
---------                                      -----
Radio enable                                   Enabled
Mode                                           ap-mode
High throughput enable (radio)                 Enabled
Very high throughput enable (radio)            Enabled
Channel                                        N/A
Transmit EIRP                                  12 dBm
Non-Wi-Fi Interference Immunity                2
Spur Immunity                                  0
Enable CSA                                     Disabled
CSA Count                                      4
Spectrum Monitoring                            Disabled
Spectrum Monitoring Profile                    default-a
Advertise 802.11d and 802.11h Capabilities     Disabled
Spectrum Load Balancing                        Disabled
Spectrum Load Balancing Mode                   channel
Spectrum Load Balancing Update Interval (sec)  30 seconds
Spectrum Load Balancing Threshold (%)          20 percent
Spectrum Load Balancing Domain                 N/A
Beacon Period                                  100 msec
Beacon Regulate                                Disabled
Advertized regulatory max EIRP                 0
ARM/WIDS Override                              OFF
Reduce Cell Size (Rx Sensitivity)              0 dB
Energy Detect Threshold Offset                 0 dB
Management Frame Throttle interval             1 sec
Management Frame Throttle Limit                20
Maximum Distance                               0 meters
RX Sensitivity Threshold                       0 dB
RX Sensitivity Tuning Based Channel Reuse      disable
Adaptive Radio Management (ARM) Profile        XYZ_11a_arm_2016_optimized
High-throughput Radio Profile                  XYZ_HT_2016_optimized
AM Scanning Profile                            default
 
 
 
 
AP group "APGRP"
---------------
Parameter                                Value
---------                                -----
Virtual AP                               XYZ-vap-SSID1
Virtual AP                               XYZ-vap-SSID2
Virtual AP                               Survey-vap_prof
802.11a radio profile                    XYZ_11a_2016_optimized
802.11g radio profile                    XYZ_11g_2016_optimized
Ethernet interface 0 port configuration  default
Ethernet interface 1 port configuration  default
Ethernet interface 2 port configuration  shutdown
Ethernet interface 3 port configuration  shutdown
Ethernet interface 4 port configuration  shutdown
AP system profile                        default
VoIP Call Admission Control profile      default
802.11a Traffic Management profile       XYZ_tm_2016_optimized
802.11g Traffic Management profile       N/A
Regulatory Domain profile                default
RF Optimization profile                  default
RF Event Thresholds profile              default
IDS profile                              default
Mesh Radio profile                       default
Mesh Cluster profile                     N/A
Provisioning profile                     N/A
AP authorization profile                 N/A

In your output, both 2.4ghz APs are at a power of 6 and the 5ghz APs are at a power of 15.  They are both within your constraints:

 

APNAME-AP01  APGRP       APIPADR  0            AP:HT:11/6/18        7            AP:VHT:40-/15/22     325      E2adK  12d:14h:31m:51s  N/A

APNAME-AP9   APGRP       APIPADR   2            AP:HT:1/6/18         19           AP:VHT:116+/15/23    325      E2daK  10d:14h:59m:15s  N/A

 

The 18 number on the 2.4ghz is the max EIRP for that channel in your regulatory domain, NOT the maximum power that you have configured.  The 22 and 23 number on the 5ghz is the max EIRP for that channel on that AP in that regulatory domain; NOT the max transmit you have configured in the ARM profile.