Controllerless Networks

You can find 802.11k settings in the SSID settings at the security tab.

Thanks but I do not find any 802.11k settings there, only the box to enable or disable 802.11k.

 

Firmware is 8.3.0.6_69128 (latest according to GUI automatic check)

Hardware is IAP-315-RW

Did you click on Advanced at the bottom of the screen? What kind of authentication are you using?

I think out of the box it is disabled.

I find no advanced options for the Security tab, only the General/ WLAN settings tab.

 

For both WPA-2 Enterprise and WPA-2 Personal, no options appear for 802.11k other than enable or disable.  802.11k is indeed disabled by default, enabling it does not reveal any further options.

Screenshots attached.

The page here:  https://www.arubanetworks.com/techdocs/Instant_83_WebHelp/Content/Instant_UG/WLAN_SSID_conf/Support%20for%20dot11r.htm?Highlight=802.11k shows what 802.11k parameters are supported when 802.11k is enabled on Aruba Instant.

This page states that Quiet IE is supported, and makes no mention of measurement mode for beacon reports.

 

So in other words, these parameters cannot be configured in Instant? And therefore Aruba's recommendations cannot be implemented?

I know this is a very old post but I just went through the same exercise and I think I figured out how to enable 802.11k with the suggested additional changes from the Aruba document.

I had to use the CLI in order to create a dot11k-profile and a bcn-rpt-req-profile.

Let's say there is a wireless network named Foo then the CLI commands are

configure
bcn-rpt-req-profile bcn-rpt-req-foo
measure-mode active-ch-rpt
exit

dot11k-profile dot11k-foo
dot11k-enable
bcn-rpt-req-profile bcn-rpt-req-foo
exit

wlan ssid-profile Foo
okc
dot11v
dot11k
dot11k-profile dot11k-foo
exit

exit
commit apply

After running these commands I can see in the output of show ap debug driver-config the 802.11k settings appear to be as desired for Measurement Mode for Beacon Reports and Advertise Quiet IE.

...
Downloaded Config for WIFI 0 VAP 0
----------------------------------
Item                                                                    Value
----                                                                    -----
Advertise 802.11k Capability                                            Enabled
Measurement Mode for Beacon Reports                                     active-ch-rpt
Channel for Beacon Requests in 5GHz band                                36
Channel for Beacon Requests in 2.4GHz band                              1
Channel for AP Channel Reports in 5GHz band                             36
Channel for AP Channel Reports in 2.4GHz band                           1
Time duration between consecutive Beacon Requests                       60 sec
Time duration between consecutive Link Measurement Requests             60 sec
Time duration between consecutive Transmit Stream Measurement Requests  90 sec
Advertise Enabled Capabilities IE                                       Enabled
Advertise Country IE                                                    Enabled
Advertise Power Constraint IE                                           Enabled
Advertise TPC Report IE                                                 Enabled
Advertise QBSS Load IE                                                  Enabled
Advertise BSS AAC IE                                                    Enabled
Advertise Quiet IE                                                      Disabled
Advertise 802.11r Capability                                            Disabled
802.11r Mobility Domain ID                                              0
ESSID                                                                   Foo
...

I do not see any way to change the value for Advertise Quiet IE, but the default appears to be the desired value of disabled.

My Aruba Instant cluster is running 8.10.0.9

Original Message:
Sent: May 07, 2019 02:48 PM
From: rg1500
Subject: Configuring 802.11k parameters in InstantOS

Can 802.11k parameters be configured in Aruba Instant?

 

Specifically, I wish to apply the recommended values in Aruba's document "RF and Roaming Optimization for Aruba 802.11ac Networks":

 

Enable 11k with these additional changes:
• Beacon report set to Active Channel Report.
• Disable Quiet Information Element parameter from the Radio Resource Management profile