Users Guide

Parameter Description Range Default
l standard—Enables the
virtual AP when the
remote AP connects to
the controller. This
option can be used for
any (bridge/split-
tunnel/tunnel/d-tunnel)
VAPs.
ssid-profile
Name of the SSID profile
that applies to this virtual
AP.
— “default”
steering-mode
Band steering supports
three different band
steering modes.
l Force-5GHz: When the
AP is configured in
force-5GHz band
steering mode, the AP
will try to force 5Ghz-
capable APs to use that
radio band.
l Prefer-5GHz (Default):
If you configure the AP
to use prefer-5GHz
band steering mode, the
AP will try to steer the
client to 5G band (if the
client is 5G capable) but
will let the client connect
on the 2.4G band if the
client persists in 2.4G
association attempts.
l Balance-bands: In this
band steering mode, the
AP tries to balance the
clients across the two
radios in order to best
utilize the available 2.4G
bandwidth. This feature
takes into account the
fact that the 5Ghz band
has more channels than
the 2.4 Ghz band, and
that the 5Ghz channels
operate in 40MHz while
the 2.5Ghz band
operates in 20MHz.
NOTE: Steering modes do
not take effect until the band
steering feature has been
enabled. The band steering
feature in ArubaOS versions
3.3.2-5.0 does not support
multiple band-steering
modes. The band-steering
Force-5GHz
prefer-5ghz
balance-
bands
prefer-
5ghz
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