Concept Guide

2359| wlan virtual-ap Dell Networking W-Series ArubaOS 6.5.x| Reference Guide
Parameter Description Range Default
g—802.11b/g band only (2.4
GHz)
all—both 802.11a and
802.11b/g bands
(5 GHz and 2.4 GHz)
anyspot-profile
Anyspot Profile associated with
this Virtual AP Profile. The
anyspot client probe
suppression feature decreases
network traffic by suppressing
probe requests from clients
attempting to locate and
connect to other known
networks.
— —
auth-failure-
blacklist-time
Time, in seconds, a client is
blocked if it fails repeated
authentication. A value of 0
blocks a client indefinitely.
0-
2,147,483,6
47 seconds
0
band-steering
ARM’s band steering feature
can encourage or require 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.
The band steering feature
supports three steering modes,
which can be configured via the
steering-mode parameter:
— disabled