Release Notes

Parameter Description
l persistent—
Permanently enables
the virtual AP after the
remote AP initially
connects to the
controller.
l standard—Enables the
virtual AP when the
remote AP connects to
the controller.
A remote AP should use
always and backup for
bridge SSIDs, and use
persistent and standard
for 802.1X, tunneled, and
split-tunneled SSIDs.
Convert Broadcast ARP requests to unicast
If this option is enabled, all
broadcast ARP requests are
converted to unicast and
sent directly to the client.
You can check the status of
this option using the show
ap active and the show
datapath tunnel command.
If enabled, the output will
display the letter a in the
flags column.
Band Steering
Shows if band-steering has
been enabled or disabled
for a virtual AP.
ARM’s band steering
feature encourages dual-
band capable clients to stay
on the 5GHz band on dual-
band APs. This frees up
resources on the 2.4GHz
band for single band clients
like VoIP phones.
Band steering reduces co-
channel interference and
increases available
bandwidth for dual-band
clients, because there are
more channels on the 5GHz
band than on the 2.4GHz
band. Dual-band 802.11n-
capable clients may see
even greater bandwidth
improvements, because the
band steering feature will
automatically select
between 40MHz or 20MHz
channels in 802.11n
networks. This feature is
disabled by default, and
must be enabled in a Virtual
AP profile.
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