Setup Guide Part 1

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 NWBandEyeClient
 NWBandEyeAntClient
9.1.5 Avoiding band selection/steering
Some WLAN vendors have implemented different kinds of methods to guide (or force) clients
on a certain WLAN band, typically from 2.4 GHz to 5 GHz, which is less crowded. As monitoring
stations run measurements on both bands, these band steering/selections will affect
negatively to test results, usually resulting attach failures.
In order to avoid these problems, monitoring stations can be configured to send additional
probe request while it is attaching to a band-steering-enabled network. WLAN controllers
typically allow connections from clients that probe more aggressively.
Figure 9: Configuring band steering avoidance
In order to enable band steering avoidance:
1. Select wireless network in Topology tree.
2. Right-click and select “Edit”
3. Enter non-zero values in “Additional probing interval” fields.
a. Additional probing if configurable per band basis
b. Value 1 means one additional probe per second, value 2 means one additional
probe per each two seconds, etc.
4. Click “Save” button