I'm kind of underwhelmed at the complete lack of advanced configurable options for an enterprise level product such as this (even the most basic consumer AP has 5 times more options): [LIST=1] Where is the option to select the wifi protocol?, for example: if i only want 802.11n or gn or abgn Where is the option to select the regulatory country?, i don't like it's auto-picking it for me based on what? the registration data of the UTM itself?, this should be freely configurable [/LIST] Also, auto channel selection is not working very well, it's not adapting inflight and does seem to select only on AP boot when it should be monitoring the usage periodically (every N-hours and reconfig as necessary). Channel selection is also iffy as i see all the APs going to channel 1 (even when some of them see themselves)

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wireless protocol selection where?

I'm kind of underwhelmed at the complete lack of advanced configurable options for an enterprise level product such as this (even the most basic consumer AP has 5 times more options):

[LIST=1]

Where is the option to select the wifi protocol?, for example: if i only want 802.11n or gn or abgn
Where is the option to select the regulatory country?, i don't like it's auto-picking it for me based on what? the registration data of the UTM itself?, this should be freely configurable

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Also, auto channel selection is not working very well, it's not adapting inflight and does seem to select only on AP boot when it should be monitoring the usage periodically (every N-hours and reconfig as necessary).
Channel selection is also iffy as i see all the APs going to channel 1 (even when some of them see themselves)

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0 rfcat_vk over 10 years ago

Hi,
for your second item check the settings for each AP, country is selectable.

Ian

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0 BAlfson over 10 years ago

Mast, I haven't ever seen the channel change on the fly. Has anyone?

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0 treskaan over 10 years ago

Hi Mast,
1) we don't offer the option to choose the band in the GUI. You can modify the SSIDs and so somehow choose a band (e.g. you can create a 5 GHz or 2.4 GHz only SSID). Nevertheless you are free to hack it into confd on your own risk. With 9.3 we offer 40 MHz channels for the AP50 (awe/devices). The band selection you can modify in the networks itself (awe/networks).

2) the regulatory domain is, just as Ian mentioned, bound to the country setting. Nevertheless we sell some APs in different models for different regions (AP15, AP50 and AP100 are sold as FCC and ETSI model). There we make sure that no country restiction violations can be done (e.g. a FCC AP will never be able to stream channel 13 even if you select a country which allows this channel). The other APs (AP10 and AP30 only stream the channels 1-11 to be sold worldwide without vialating country restrictions).

Last but not least the automatic channel selection feature has been redesigned and and should now behave as you expect it. It will be available with the 9.3 as well.

Greetings,
Andreas
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