WiNG How to-Smart RF

Configuration Guide for RFMS 3.0 Initial Configuration XXX-XXXXXX-XX

How-To Guide Smart RF

December 2009

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How-To Guide – Smart RF

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Table of Contents:

1. Introduction: ........................................................................................................................ 4

1.1 Calibration: .................................................................................................................. 5

1.2 Monitoring: ................................................................................................................... 7

1.3 Cluster Operation: ........................................................................................................ 9

2. Pre-Requisites: ..................................................................................................................11

2.1 Requirements: ............................................................................................................11

2.2 Components Used: .....................................................................................................11

3. Network Topology: .............................................................................................................12

4. Configuration: ....................................................................................................................13

4.1 Smart RF Settings: ......................................................................................................13

4.2 Performing Calibration: ...............................................................................................17

4.3 Viewing Smart RF Information: ...................................................................................19

4.4 Verification: .................................................................................................................27

5. Baseline Configurations: ....................................................................................................33

5.1 Radio Configuration: ...................................................................................................33

5.2 RF Switch Running Configuration: ..............................................................................34

6. Reference Documentation: ................................................................................................47


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1. Introduction:

Self Monitoring At Run Time RF Management (Smart RF) is a new Motorola innovation designed to simplify initial RF configuration for new deployments while over time providing on-going RF optimization and self-healing functions.

Figure 1.0 – Smart RF Benefits

For new installations Smart RF can dramatically reduce the time and cost of new deployments by scanning the RF environment and automatically determining the best channel and transmit power configuration for each managed radio.

Unlike competing implementations where RF decisions are made per controller or Access Point (AP), Smart RF centralizes the decision process and makes intelligent RF configuration decisions using complete information obtained from the whole RF environment. This centralized approach provides a competitive advantage in medium or large deployments where APs are distributed between multiple floors or are managed by multiple RF Switches.

As RF environments are dynamic and change over time, Smart RF can also reduce ongoing management and maintenance costs by periodically performing re-calibration. Re-calibration can be initiated manually or be automatically scheduled and can ensure that the RF configuration is optimized to factor in new RF environment changes such as new sources of interference or neighboring APs.

Finally Smart RF also provides self-healing functions by monitoring the managed RF environment in real-time and providing automatic mitigation from events such as RF interference, coverage holes and AP or radio failures. Self-healing allows the WLAN system to maintain station performance and coverage during dynamic RF environment changes which would typically require manual reconfiguration to resolve.

Smart RF is supported on WS5100, RFS6000 and RFS7000 Switches managing AP300s in standalone or clustered environments.

For Smart RF to function successfully it assumes that the WLAN has been planned and deployed correctly with each radio being reachable by at least one other radio. Smart RF cannot compensate for a poorly planned design or deployments where APs that have been incorrectly placed.


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1.1 Calibration:

Smart RF calibration may be initiated by a network administrator during a new deployment or be scheduled to run at a specified time of day and frequency for ongoing WLAN performance optimization.

1.1.1 Scanning:

When calibration is initiated the Smart RF module instructs all adopted radios to beacon on a specific legal channel and transmit power value and the Smart RF module measures the signal strength of each beacon received from managed and un-managed neighboring APs to determine a RF neighborhood map. Smart RF uses the RF neighborhood information from the scan to calculate and perform each managed radios RF configuration as well as assign radio roles and self-healing parameters.

Figure 1.1.1 – Smart-RF Scanning

Smart RF calibration supports basic and extensive scanning modes. Basic scanning (default) will result in faster calibration as the beaconing / scanning cycle will only occur on each configured channel using the maximum transmit power value. The following describes the operation of a basic scan:

1. All radios change to the first configured legal channel.

2. All radios increase their transmit power to maximum.

3. All radios transmit and receive beacons based on the configured dwell time (default 1 second).

4. All radios change to the next configured legal channel.

5. Steps 3 & 4 are repeated until all the configured legal channels have been scanned at the maximum transmit power value.

Enhanced scanning will result in longer calibration as the beaconing / scanning cycle will occur on each configured channel on all transmit power values. The following describes the operation of an extended scan:

1. All radios change to the first configured legal channel.

2. All radios increase their transmit power to maximum.


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4. All radios change to the next configured legal channel.

5. All radios reduce their transmit power by 1dBm.


7. Steps 4, 5 & 6 are repeated until all the configured legal channels have been scanned on all transmit power values.

The decision of which scanning mode to select will depend on the stage of deployment and the frequency of on-going optimization. For new WLAN deployments it’s recommended that an extensive scan be performed as it will provide a more accurate RF neighborhood map which will result in better configuration decisions. For on-going RF performance optimization it’s recommended that basic scanning be used if re-calibration is being performed on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. If re-calibration is being performed monthly, quarterly or on a yearly bases then an extensive scan is recommended.

Note that the calibration process will impact all associated users and should not be run during business or production hours. The calibration process should be performed during scheduled maintenance windows or during non business hours.

1.1.2 Configuration:

Once the calibration has completed Smart RF may perform the following configuration tasks:

Channel Assignment – Smart RF can assign channels to working radios which are selected to avoid channel overlap between managed APs and interference from external RF sources.

Transmit Power Assignment – Smart RF can assign an operating and maximum transmit power to working radios. The operating and maximum transmit power configuration is determined based on each radios coverage in respect to neighboring APs, channel overlap and the self-healing parameters.

Assigns Detectors Radios – Smart RF can elect detector radios which perform real-time monitoring for self-healing functions.

Self-Healing – Smart RF can automatically configure self-healing parameters such as assigning rescuer radios to each working radio which increase their transmit power during an AP failure or faulty radio.

The configuration tasks to perform during calibration can be enabled or disabled in the Smart RF global configuration providing flexibility and control. Additionally administrators may select to exclude Smart RF configuration on a per radio basis.

1.1.3 Radio Roles:

During Smart RF calibration radios within the WLAN system will be assigned a Normal or Detector role. Radios will maintain these roles during normal WLAN operation where Detector radios provide monitoring for self-healing functions and Normal radios service clients.

During self-healing functions Normal radios will change to Rescuer or Filling depending on the self-healing action being performed. If neighborhood recovery is being performed a radio will transition to a Rescuer role. If coverage hole mitigation is being performed a radio will transition to a Filling role.

Radio Role Description

Normal During normal operation working radios will function in a Normal operating mode. A Normal mode indicates that a working radio is not performing monitoring or self-healing services.


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Detector Detector radios are automatically elected and configured during calibration and provide real-time monitoring for self-healing function. Detector radios are dedicated for monitoring and will not provide client services.

Rescuer Each working radio takes on the role as a rescuer or being rescued. When a radio is defective or fails its neighboring radios will rise their transmit power to compensate for the coverage hole. These neighbors are called Rescuer radios. Smart RF calibration will automatically assign rescuer radios for each working radio along with a rescue power needed to rescue each failed or defective radio.

Filling During coverage hole mitigation a Normal radio will increase its transmit power to maintain the configured coverage rate. When a radio is performing coverage hole mitigation its state will change to Filling.

Table 1.1.3 – Smart RF Radio Roles

By default all radios will participate in Smart RF and may be assigned as a detector as well as have rescuer radios assigned. Smart RF provides flexibility by allowing administrators to exclude radios from detector or rescuer roles as well as manually configure rescuer radios for each working radio.

1.2 Monitoring:

Once the calibration has been completed, Smart RF will transition to a monitoring phase. Smart RF monitoring occurs continuously until the Smart RF module is disabled or calibration is performed. Smart RF monitoring performs the following functions:

Detection and remediation for failed radios / APs.

Detection and remediation for interference.

Detection and remediation for coverage holes.

Monitoring functions are enabled by default but can be disabled using the Smart RF global settings

1.2.1 Neighbor Recovery:

When a radio fails or is faulty, Smart RF can provide automatic recovery by instructing assigned neighboring APs (called rescuers) to increase their transmit power to compensate for the coverage loss. During calibration each working radio may be assigned up to 5 rescuer radios and each rescuer radios operating and maximum transmit power settings will be configured appropriately to provide adequate coverage for their users as well as provide margin to compensate neighboring AP failures.


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Figure 1.2.1 – Neighbor Recovery

1.2.2 Coverage Hole Protection:

When a station in a coverage area and is unable to receive packets from a station at the desired data rate, this constitutes a coverage hole. When packets transmitted to a station is consistently below the working radios configured coverage rate, a coverage hole is detected and the transmit power for the radio will be raised to compensate.

When coverage hole is detected, Smart RF will first determine the power increase needed to bring the stations connection rate back to desired coverage rate and keep monitoring the stations connection rate. If the configured connection rate is met the radio will stay at that power level. If the connection is still under the coverage rate, more power would be applied. If the connection rate is higher than the configured connection rate Smart RF will then reduce the transmit power in 1dBm increments until the configured coverage rate for the radio is achieved. When the station roams to a new AP, Smart RF will decrease the transmit power of the radio to its original value finishing the coverage hole healing action.

Figure 1.2.2 – Coverage Hole Protection


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1.2.3 Interference Avoidance:

802.11 WLANs are susceptible to sources of interference such as neighboring 802.11 radios, cordless phones, microwave ovens and Bluetooth devices which when present can severely impact the performance of the WLAN system and user experience.

Smart RF provides mitigation from interference sources by monitoring the retry rates on working radios. When a retry rate threshold is exceeded Smart RF can initiate a channel scan on the effected radio and select an alternative channel with less interference. To avoid channel flapping a hold timer is defined which disables interference avoidance for a specific period of time upon detection.

Figure 1.2.3 – Interference Avoidance

1.3 Cluster Operation:

Smart RF is supported on standalone and clustered environments. In standalone environments the individual RF Switch controls the calibration and monitoring phases. In clustered environments a single RF Switch is elected a Smart RF master and the remaining cluster members operate as Smart RF clients. In cluster operation the Smart RF master co-ordinates the calibration and configuration and during the monitoring phase receives information from the Smart RF clients.

Figure 1.3 – Smart RF Cluster Operation


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The Smart RF master switch maintains an active record of all adopted radios in the cluster and controls the calibration scan process, calibration configuration as well as decisions during the monitor phase. The Smart RF master switch also synchronizes RF configuration within the cluster including radio channel, transmit power, locks, radio operating mode, rescuers and all Smart RF global configuration

During calibration the master switch instructs all radios to begin the scan process and the client’s forward learned information to the master switch. The master switch makes the appropriate channel and power decisions for each adopted radio in the cluster and forwards the changes to the clients. Each maintains the same identical radio configuration so that if a RF Switch fails the effected radios will receive the same configuration once re-adopted by the cluster.

During the monitoring phase each client switch will forward information to master switch which determines any actions to take. For example if a radio or AP fails the master will instruct an appropriate rescuer radio(s) to increase power accordingly.

The master switch maintains an active copy of all adopted radio configuration for cluster clients in non volatile memory. If the Smart RF master fails the active information on the switch is lost, however when a new master is elected it will solicit radio information from the clients. Future events from clients are then forward to the new master switch.


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2. Pre-Requisites:

2.1 Requirements:

The following requirements must be met prior to attempting this configuration:

One or more RF Switches are installed and operational on the network.

Radio adoption parameters are configured on all RF Switches in the cluster so that each AP may be adopted by any RF Switch in the cluster.

A Windows XP workstation with a console, telnet or SSH client is available to perform configuration on the RF Switches.

The reader has read the Motorola RFS Series Wireless LAN Switches - WiNG System Reference Guide.

2.2 Components Used:

The information in this document is based on the following Motorola hardware and software versions:

1 x RFS6000 Version 3.3

1 x RFS7000 Version 1.3.

5 x AP300s.

Registered users may download the latest software and firmware from the Motorola Technical Support Site http://support.symbol.com.

http://support.symbol.com/


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3. Network Topology:

The following network topology was used for this guide:

The configuration outlined in the Network Topology is not necessarily applicable to all customer environments.


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4. Configuration:

The following steps will be performed on the RF Switches to configure and enable Smart RF:

1. Smart RF Settings [Section 4.1]

2. Performing Calibration [Section 4.2]

3. Viewing Smart RF Information [Section 4.4]

4. Verification [Section 4.5]

4.1 Smart RF Settings:

The following steps will demonstrate how to view and modify Smart RF settings using the CLI:

1 In the CLI issue the ‘cluster-cli enable‘ command. The cluster CLI allows commands to be issued to all RF Switches in a cluster.

Cluster Users Only:

RFS6000# cluster-cli enable

2 Enter the global configuration context by issuing the ‘configure terminal’ command.

Standalone CLI:

RFS6000# configure terminal

Cluster CLI:

RFS6000:cluster-cli# configure terminal

3 Enter the wireless configuration context by issuing the ‘wireless’ command.

Standalone CLI:

RFS6000(config)# wireless

Cluster CLI:

RFS6000:cluster-cli(config)# wireless

4 Enter the Smart RF configuration context by issuing the ‘smart-rf’ command. Commands issued in this context will configure Smart RF global and radio parameters.

Standalone CLI:

RFS6000(config-wireless)# smart-rf

Cluster CLI:

RFS6000:cluster-cli(config-wireless)# smart-rf


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Smart RF Global Commands

Command Description

assignable-power-range [range] Specifies the assignable power range for active radios during calibration.

Range: 4 – 20

Default: 4-16

auto-assign all enable

no auto-assign all enable

Enables | Disables all auto-assignment features.

Default: Enabled

auto-assign channel enable

no auto-assign channel enable

Enables | Disables automatic channel assignment for working radios. When enabled Smart RF with automatically assign channels to radios during calibration.

Default: Enabled

auto-assign detector enable

no auto-assign detector enable

Enables | Disables the assignment of detector radios. Detector radios are required to perform monitoring for self-healing services.

Default: Enabled

auto-assign power enable

no auto-assign power enable

Enables | Disables automatic transmit power assignment for working radios. When enabled Smart RF will assign a transmit power value for each radio within the Assignable Power Range..

Default: Enabled

auto-assign rescuer enable

no auto-assign rescuer enable

Enables | Disables automatic election of rescuer radios. When enabled Smart RF will assign rescuer radios which can provide self-healing services by increasing their transmit power.

Default: Enabled

extensive-scan enable

no extensive-scan enable

Enables | Disables extensive calibration scanning. When enabled calibration will scan all legal channels and transmit power values. When disabled calibration will scan all legal channels at the highest transmit power value.

Default: Disabled

hold-time [value] The number of seconds to disable interference avoidance after detection. This parameter prevents a radio from continuously changing channels during interference avoidance mitigation.

Values: 30 – 65535 (seconds)

Default: 3600 (seconds)


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number-of-rescuers Configures the number of rescuers to cover faulty or failed radios.

Values: 1-5

Default: 3

recover coverage-hole enable

no recover coverage-hole enable

Enables | Disables self-healing coverage hole detection and mitigation.

Default: Enabled

recover interference enable

no recover interference enable

Enables | Disables self-healing interference detection and avoidance.

Default: Enabled

recover neighbor enable

no recover neighbor enable

Enables | Disables self-healing neighbor radio failure detection and mitigation.

Default: Enabled

retry-threshold [value] The average number retries to cause a radio to re-run channel selection for interference detection and mitigation.

Values: 0.0 – 15.0 (Average Attempts / Packet)

Default: 14.0

run-calibrate Initiates the Smart RF calibration process.

scan-dwell-time [range] The number of seconds a radio will dwell on a channel during calibration scanning.

Range: 1 – 10 Seconds

Default Value: 1

schedule-calibrate enable

no schedule-calibrate enable

Enables | Disables scheduled calibration.

Default Value: Disabled

schedule-calibrate interval [value]

no schedule-calibrate interval [value]

Specifies the interval in days between scheduled calibration events.

Value: 1 – 366

Default: 1

schedule-calibrate start-time [time] [day]

[month] [year]

no schedule-calibrate start-time

Specifies the starting date, time and year for scheduled calibration.

Time: HH:MM (24 hour format)

Day: 1 – 31

Month: 1 – 12

Year: 2008 – 2035

select-channels add [list] Comma separated list of legal 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz


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select-channels remove [list] channels that Smart RF will assign to working radios.

Value: Any legal 2.4Ghz / 5Ghz channel

Default: 1,6,11,36,40,44,48,149,153,157,161,165

smart-rf-module enable

no smart-rf-module enable

Enables | Disables the Smart RF module.

Default: Disabled

verbose enable

no verbose enable

Enables | Disables verbose diagnostic logging. When enabled all Smart RF assignment and change will be logged.

Smart RF Radio Commands

Command Description

radio [index | mac | radio | all-11a |

all-11b | all-11g] Specifies the radio selection criteria when configuring Smart RF radio parameters.

Index: 1 – 1000 (Single Radio Index Number)

MAC: aa-bb-cc-dd-ee (Radio MAC Address)

Radio: List (1,3,5) or Range (1-5) of Radios

All-11a: All 802.11a Radios

All-11b: All 802.11b Radios

All-11g: All 802.11g Radios

radio [idx] antenna-gain [value]

no radio [idx] antenna-gain

Specifies the antenna gain for the radio when external antennas are used.

Value: 0 – 30 (dBm)

Default: 0.0

radio [idx] coverage-rate [value]

no radio [idx] coverage-rate

Specifies the coverage rate threshold used for coverage hole detection.

Value: 1,2,6,9,11,12,18,24,36,48,56 (Mbps)

Default: 18

radio [idx]lock-auto-assign all

no radio [idx] lock-auto-assign all

Locks | Unlocks a radio or group of radios from participating in Smart-RF.

Default: Unlocked

radio [idx] lock-auto-assign channel

no radio [idx] lock-auto-assign channel

Locks | Unlocks a radio or group of radios from Smart RF automatic channel assignment. Smart RF will not assign new channels to locked radios.

Default: Unlocked

radio [idx] lock-auto-assign detector

no radio [idx] lock-auto-assign detector

Locks | Unlocks a radio or group of radios from Smart RF detector assignment. Smart RF will not configure locked radio(s) as detector radios.


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Default: Unlocked

radio [idx] lock-auto-assign power

no radio [idx] lock-auto-assign power

Locks | Unlocks a radio or group of radios from Smart RF automatic transmit power assignment. Smart RF will not configure the transmit power for the radio(s).

Default: Unlocked

radio [idx] lock-auto-assign rescuer

no radio [idx] lock-auto-assign rescuer

Locks | Unlocks a radio or group of radios from Smart RF rescuer assignment. Smart RF will not configure locked radio(s) as rescuer radios.

Default: Unlocked

radio [idx] rescuer [mac]

no radio [idx] rescuer [mac]

Adds | Removes rescuer radios from a specific radio or group of radios.

MAC: aa-bb-cc-dd-ee-ff (Hex Format)

4.2 Performing Calibration:

The following steps will demonstrate how to enable the Smart RF module, enable extensive scanning and perform calibration using the CLI:

1 While in the Smart RF configuration context, enable the Smart RF module by issuing the ‘smart-rf-module enable’ command.

Standalone CLI:

RFS6000(config-wireless-smart-rf)# smart-rf-module enable

Cluster CLI:

RFS6000:cluster-cli(config-wireless-smart-rf)# smart-rf-module enable

2 Enable extensive scanning by issuing the ‘extensive-scan enable’ command.

Standalone CLI:

RFS6000(config-wireless-smart-rf)# extensive-scan enable

Cluster CLI:

RFS6000:cluster-cli(config-wireless-smart-rf)# extensive-scan enable

3 Initiate calibration by issuing the ‘run-calibrate’ command.

Standalone CLI:

RFS6000(config-wireless-smart-rf)# run-calibrate

Cluster CLI:

RFS6000:cluster-cli(config-wireless-smart-rf)# run-calibrate


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4 You can verify that calibration is operating by issuing the ‘show wireless smart-rf calibration-status’ command. This command will display the calibration state and if clustering is enabled the master RF switch.

Standalone CLI:

RFS6000(config-wireless-smart-rf)# run-calibrate

Cluster CLI:

RFS6000:cluster-cli(config-wireless-smart-rf)# run-calibrate

Smart RF state when calibration is initiated:

Smart-RF is preparing for calibration

Smart Master IP: 192.168.10.14

My IP: 192.168.10.14

Cluster Master : yes

Last Calibration Started at: Fri Nov 21 09:10:30 2008

Last Calibration Ended at: Fri Nov 21 09:10:08 2008

Next calibration Starts at: Fri Nov 21 21:00:00 2008

Smart RF state when calibration is running:

Smart-RF calibration: scanning on channel 1 at 20 dbm


My IP: 192.168.10.14





Smart RF state when calibration is completed:

Smart-RF calibration is not running


My IP: 192.168.10.15

Cluster Master : no




The network administrator may initiate Smart RF calibration on any RF Switch in a cluster. Calibration does not need to be specifically initiated on the Smart RF master switch.


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4.3 Viewing Smart RF Information:

The following steps may be performed to verify Smart RF configuration and associated information.

4.3.1 Smart RF Global Configuration and Operation:

This section provides information on commands that may be issued to view global Smart RF related configuration and operational parameters.

1 Smart RF global configuration and module state can be viewed by issuing the ‘show wireless smart-rf configuration’ command:

Standalone CLI:

RFS6000# show wireless smart-rf configuration

Cluster CLI:

RFS6000:cluster-cli# show wireless smart-rf configuration

Smart-RF Module : enabled

Smart-RF Calibration configuration:

auto-assign detector : enabled

auto-assign channel : enabled

auto-assign power : enabled

auto-assign rescuer : enabled

channels selected : 1,6,11,36,40,44,48,149,153,157,161,165

channels excluded : 2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10

assignable-power-range : [ 4 - 16 ] dBm

number of rescuers : 3

scan dwell time : 1 second

retry-threshold : 14.0 averaged retries/packet

hold-time : 3600 seconds

Smart-RF Calibration Schedule:

schedule calibration : enabled

schedule first-start : Fri Mar 28 22:00:00 2008

schedule interval : 1 day(s)

Smart-RF Run Time Monitor and Recovery configuration:

recover interference : enabled

recover neighbor : enabled

recover coverage-hole : enabled

Diagnostic configuration:

Verbose Mode : disabled

Extensive Scan Mode : enabled


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2 Smart RF history can be viewed by issuing the ‘show wireless smart-rf history’ command. This command will display log information from the calibration process. If verbose logging is enabled additional information will be logged.

Standalone CLI:

RFS6000# show wireless smart-rf history

Cluster CLI:

RFS6000:cluster-cli# show wireless smart-rf history


My IP: 192.168.10.14





Smart RF assignment history since last calibration, up to 2560 entries

1: assign-detectors to AP [AP-00-15-70-D5-DA-FB] 11a - radio [00-15-70-D0-25-64] - as a detector

2: assign-channels to AP [AP-00-15-70-B2-FD-D0] 11bg - radio [00-15-70-CD-83-24] - channel 1

3: assign-channels to AP [AP-00-15-70-B2-FD-CF] 11bg - radio [00-15-70-CD-83-84] - channel 11

4: assign-channels to AP [AP-00-15-70-D5-DA-FB] 11bg - radio [00-15-70-D0-26-54] - channel 11

5: assign-channels to AP [AP-00-15-70-D5-DA-CE] 11a - radio [00-15-70-D0-24-4C] - channel 48

6: assign-channels to AP [AP-00-15-70-D5-DA-FB] 11a - radio [00-15-70-D0-25-64] - channel 149

7: assign-power to AP [AP-00-15-70-78-F5-23] 11bg - radio [00-15-70-7E-3F-1C] - 6 dbm

8: assign-power to AP [AP-00-15-70-B2-FD-CF] 11bg - radio [00-15-70-CD-83-84] - 4 dbm

9: assign-power to AP [AP-00-15-70-D5-DA-FB] 11bg - radio [00-15-70-D0-26-54] - 4 dbm

10: assign-rescuers to AP [AP-00-15-70-B2-FD-D0] 11a - radio [00-15-70-CD-83-6C] - rescuer radio = AP [AP-00-15-70-D5-DA-CE] 11a - radio [00-15-70-D0-24-4C], reseue-power = 17 dbm

11: assign-rescuers to AP [AP-00-15-70-B2-FD-D0] 11a - radio [00-15-70-CD-83-6C] - rescuer radio = AP [AP-00-15-70-78-F5-23] 11a - radio [00-15-70-7E-27-6C], reseue-power = 17 dbm

12: assign-rescuers to AP [AP-00-15-70-B2-FD-D0] 11a - radio [00-15-70-CD-83-6C] - rescuer radio = AP [AP-00-15-70-B2-FD-CF] 11a - radio [00-15-70-CD-82-BC], reseue-power = 17 dbm

13: assign-rescuers to AP [AP-00-15-70-78-F5-23] 11a - radio [00-15-70-7E-27-6C] - rescuer radio = AP [AP-00-15-70-D5-DA-CE] 11a - radio [00-15-70-D0-24-4C], reseue-power = 17 dbm

14: assign-rescuers to AP [AP-00-15-70-78-F5-23] 11a - radio [00-15-70-7E-27-6C] - rescuer radio = AP [AP-00-15-70-B2-FD-D0] 11a - radio [00-15-70-CD-83-6C], reseue-power = 17 dbm

*** Output omitted ***


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4.3.2 Smart RF Radio Configuration and Operation:

This section provides information on commands that may be issued to view Smart RF radio related configuration and operational parameters.

1

Radio configuration can be viewed by issuing the ‘show wireless radio’. This command will display the real-time operating and configured radio parameters. If issued on a RF Switch in a cluster this command will display the active adopted radio configuration from all switches in the cluster and will display the IP address of the RF Switch that each radio is managed by.

RFS6000# show wireless radio

IDX AP MAC RADIO-BSSID TYPE STATE CHANNEL POWER ADOPTED-BY

1 00-15-70-78-F5-23 00-15-70-7E-27-6C 11a normal 36 (36 ) 17(17) 192.168.10.14

2 00-15-70-78-F5-23 00-15-70-7E-3F-1C 11bg normal 1 (1 ) 20(20) 192.168.10.14

3 00-15-70-B2-FD-CF 00-15-70-CD-82-BC 11a normal 40 (40 ) 17(17) 192.168.10.15

4 00-15-70-B2-FD-CF 00-15-70-CD-83-84 11bg normal 6 (6 ) 20(20) 192.168.10.15

5 00-15-70-B2-FD-D0 00-15-70-CD-83-6C 11a normal 44 (44 ) 17(17) 192.168.10.14

6 00-15-70-B2-FD-D0 00-15-70-CD-83-24 11bg normal 11 (11 ) 20(20) 192.168.10.14

7 00-15-70-D5-DA-FB 00-15-70-D0-25-64 11a normal 48 (48 ) 17(17) 192.168.10.15

8 00-15-70-D5-DA-FB 00-15-70-D0-26-54 11bg normal 1 (1 ) 10(10) 192.168.10.15

9 00-15-70-D5-DA-CE 00-15-70-D0-24-4C 11a normal 149(149) 20(20) 192.168.10.14

10 00-15-70-D5-DA-CE 00-15-70-D0-23-EC 11bg normal 6 (6 ) 10(10) 192.168.10.14

2 Smart RF radio configuration can be viewed by issuing the ‘show wireless smart-rf radio config’ command. This command will display each radios Smart RF configuration such as coverage-rate as well as self-healing parameters.

Standalone CLI:

RFS6000# show wireless smart-rf radio config [option]

Cluster CLI:

RFS6000:cluster-cli# show wireless smart-rf radio config [option]

Options:

<1-1000>: A single radio index.

MAC: Radio Mac address in AA-BB-CC-DD-EE-FF format.

all-11a: All 11a radios currently in configuration.

all-11bg: All 11bg radios currently in configuration.

Radio MAC : 00-15-70-7E-27-6C

radio index : 1

lock detector : disabled

lock channel : disabled

lock power : disabled

lock rescuers : disabled

antenna gain : 0.0 dBm

coverage-rate : 18 Mbps

rescuer: radio 00-15-70-CD-82-BC, rescue-power=17 dbm, attenuation = 77 dbm

rescuer: radio 00-15-70-CD-83-6C, rescue-power=17 dbm, attenuation = 91 dbm


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rescuer: radio 00-15-70-D0-24-4C, rescue-power=17 dbm, attenuation = 86 dbm

watch: bss 00-15-70-CD-82-BC, num-bss=4, disabled, down

watch: bss 00-15-70-CD-83-6C, num-bss=4, disabled, down

watch: bss 00-15-70-D0-24-4C, num-bss=4, disabled, down

watch: bss 00-15-70-D0-25-64, num-bss=4, disabled, down

3 Smart RF radio status can be viewed by issuing the ‘show wireless smart-rf radio local-status’ command. This command will display each radios channel and power configuration as well as the radios role (Normal, Detector, Filling, Rescue).

Standalone CLI:

RFS6000# show wireless smart-rf radio local-status [option]

Cluster CLI:

RFS6000:cluster-cli# show wireless smart-rf radio local-status [option]

Options:

<1-1000>: A single radio index.




================================================================================

Radio: 00-15-70-7E-27-6C

AP [AP-00-15-70-78-F5-23] 11a - radio-1 [00-15-70-7E-27-6C]

radio number: not specified

================================================================================

detector mode : no

curent power : 17 dbm

curent channel : 36

healing state : normal

Total Number of entries matched: 1

4 The Smart RF radio map for each radio can be viewed by issuing the ‘show wireless smart-rf radio map’ command. This command will display the RF map for each radio.

Standalone CLI:

RFS6000# show wireless smart-rf radio map [option]

Cluster CLI:

RFS6000:cluster-cli# show wireless smart-rf radio map [option]

Options:




================================================================================

Radio: 00-15-70-CD-83-6C assignment result


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AP [AP-00-15-70-B2-FD-D0] 11a - radio [00-15-70-CD-83-6C]


================================================================================

assigned = done

channel = 44

power = 16 dbm

interference = 0 dbm

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Raw Measurment Data

Source 1:

Mac Address : 00-15-70-D0-24-4C

Measured Strength : 0 dbm

Attenuation : 57 db

Type : AP = AP-00-15-70-D5-DA-CE

Source 2:

Mac Address : 00-15-70-7E-27-6C


Attenuation : 90 db

Type : AP = AP-00-15-70-78-F5-23

Source 3:

Mac Address : 00-15-70-D0-25-64


Attenuation : 71 db

Type : AP = AP-00-15-70-D5-DA-FB

Source 4:

Mac Address : 00-15-70-CD-82-BC


Attenuation : 70 db

Type : AP = AP-00-15-70-B2-FD-CF

5 Smart RF radio status from the master radio list can be viewed by issuing the ‘show wireless smart-rf radio master-status’ command. This command will display each radios configuration and operating parameters as well as rescuer and visible radios.

Standalone CLI:

RFS6000# show wireless smart-rf radio master-status [option]

Cluster CLI:

RFS6000:cluster-cli# show wireless smart-rf radio master-status [option]

Options:




================================================================================

Radio: 00-15-70-7E-3F-1C


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AP [AP-00-15-70-78-F5-23] 11bg - radio [00-15-70-7E-3F-1C]


================================================================================

configured channel : 1

configured power : 6 dbm

detector mode : enabled

auto-assign detector : enabled

auto-assign channel : enabled

auto-assign power : enabled

auto-assign rescuer : enabled

adopted by switch : 192.168.10.14

curent channel : 1



number of senders : 4

number of sensors : 0

number of rescuers : 0

num. of monitorable : 4

AP [AP-00-15-70-B2-FD-D0] 11bg - radio [00-15-70-CD-83-24], num-bss=4, enabled

AP [AP-00-15-70-B2-FD-CF] 11bg - radio [00-15-70-CD-83-84], num-bss=4, enabled

AP [AP-00-15-70-D5-DA-CE] 11bg - radio [00-15-70-D0-23-EC], num-bss=4, enabled

AP [AP-00-15-70-D5-DA-FB] 11bg - radio [00-15-70-D0-26-54], num-bss=4, enabled

Can Monitor radios:

AP [AP-00-15-70-B2-FD-D0] 11bg - radio [00-15-70-CD-83-24], 6 - 82 = -76

AP [AP-00-15-70-B2-FD-CF] 11bg - radio [00-15-70-CD-83-84], 6 - 66 = -60

AP [AP-00-15-70-D5-DA-CE] 11bg - radio [00-15-70-D0-23-EC], 6 - 76 = -70

AP [AP-00-15-70-D5-DA-FB] 11bg - radio [00-15-70-D0-26-54], 6 - 76 = -70

6 Smart RF radio RF neighbor information can be viewed by issuing the ‘show wireless smart-rf radio neighbor’ command. This command will display neighbor information with associated measurements.

Standalone CLI:

RFS6000# show wireless smart-rf radio neighbors [option]

Cluster CLI:

RFS6000:cluster-cli# show wireless smart-rf radio neighbors [option]

Options:




================================================================================

Radio: 00-15-70-D0-24-4C neighborhood information

AP [AP-00-15-70-D5-DA-CE] 11a - radio [00-15-70-D0-24-4C]



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================================================================================

Neighbor 1:

Mac Address : 00-15-70-CD-82-BC

Identification : AP [AP-00-15-70-B2-FD-CF] 11a - radio [00-15-70-CD-82-BC]

cfg index : 3

tx 4 dbm: rx -56.8 dbm, attenuation= 60.8

















Neighbor 2:

Mac Address : 00-15-70-CD-83-6C

Identification : AP [AP-00-15-70-B2-FD-D0] 11a - radio [00-15-70-CD-83-6C]

cfg index : 5


















Neighbor 3:

Mac Address : 00-15-70-7E-27-6C

Identification : AP [AP-00-15-70-78-F5-23] 11a - radio [00-15-70-7E-27-6C]


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cfg index : 1









7 Smart RF radio RF spectrum information can be viewed by issuing the ‘show wireless smart-rf radio spectrum’ command. This command will display each radios measured RF spectrum information for each channel:

Standalone CLI:

RFS6000# show wireless smart-rf radio sectrum [option]

Cluster CLI:

RFS6000:cluster-cli# show wireless smart-rf radio sectrum [option]

Options:




================================================================================

Radio: 00-15-70-7E-3F-1C interference spectrum

AP [AP-00-15-70-78-F5-23] 11bg - radio [00-15-70-7E-3F-1C]


================================================================================

1. The spectrum shown is what this radio would experience when it scans across

the channels.

2. A (*) in front of channel indicates the configured channel of the radio.

3. A (@) in front of channel indicates the current channel of the radio.

4. "none" in the dbm fields means no signal strength measured.

5. Interference source: x = external, o = own APs, + = total effective

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ch/num/dbm -80 -70 -60 -50 -40 -30 -20 dbm

---------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+----

|

*@ 1/ 5/-127 |

*@ 1/ 2/ -59 |ooooooooooooooooooooo

*@ 1/ 7/ -59 |+++++++++++++++++++++

|

|

6/ 6/ -77 |xxx

6/ 4/ -59 |ooooooooooooooooooooo


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6/ 10/ -59 |+++++++++++++++++++++

|

|

11/ 6/ -87 |

11/ 3/ -59 |ooooooooooooooooooooo

11/ 9/ -59 |+++++++++++++++++++++

4.4 Verification:

This section demonstrates some steps that can be performed to verify that the self-healing functions are working correctly.

4.4.1 Neighbor Radio Failure:

To verify coverage neighbor radio failure detection and mitigation is operating correctly the following steps will be performed:

1) PoE will be disabled on the port connecting AP300-3 (radios 5 – 6) to simulate an AP failure.

2) PoE will be re-enabled on the port connecting AP300-3 to recover the radio.

Prior to disabling the AP300-3 all radios were operating under normal conditions:

Radio Operating State, Channel & Transmit Power:



1 00-15-70-78-F5-23 00-15-70-7E-27-6C 11a normal 36 (36 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14

2 00-15-70-78-F5-23 00-15-70-7E-3F-1C 11bg detector 1 (1 ) 6 (6 ) 192.168.10.14


4 00-15-70-B2-FD-CF 00-15-70-CD-83-84 11bg normal 11 (11 ) 4 (4 ) 192.168.10.15

5 00-15-70-B2-FD-D0 00-15-70-CD-83-6C 11a normal 44 (44 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14

6 00-15-70-B2-FD-D0 00-15-70-CD-83-24 11bg normal 1 (1 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14

7 00-15-70-D5-DA-FB 00-15-70-D0-25-64 11a detector 149(149) 16(16) 192.168.10.15

8 00-15-70-D5-DA-FB 00-15-70-D0-26-54 11bg normal 11 (11 ) 4 (4 ) 192.168.10.15

9 00-15-70-D5-DA-CE 00-15-70-D0-24-4C 11a normal 48 (48 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14


Assigned Rescuer Radios:

RFS6000# show wireless smart-rf radio config 5

Radio MAC : 00-15-70-CD-83-6C

radio index : 5







rescuer: radio 00-15-70-7E-27-6C, rescue-power=17 dbm, attenuation = 90 dbm


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rescuer: radio 00-15-70-CD-82-BC, rescue-power=17 dbm, attenuation = 70 dbm

rescuer: radio 00-15-70-D0-24-4C, rescue-power=17 dbm, attenuation = 57 dbm

watch: bss 00-15-70-7E-27-6C, num-bss=4, disabled, down

watch: bss 00-15-70-CD-82-BC, num-bss=4, disabled, down

watch: bss 00-15-70-D0-24-4C, num-bss=4, disabled, down


Radio MAC : 00-15-70-CD-83-24

radio index : 6







rescuer: radio 00-15-70-CD-83-84, rescue-power=5 dbm, attenuation = 62 dbm

rescuer: radio 00-15-70-D0-23-EC, rescue-power=17 dbm, attenuation = 55 dbm

rescuer: radio 00-15-70-D0-26-54, rescue-power=5 dbm, attenuation = 64 dbm

watch: bss 00-15-70-7E-3F-1C, num-bss=4, disabled, down

watch: bss 00-15-70-CD-83-84, num-bss=4, disabled, down

watch: bss 00-15-70-D0-23-EC, num-bss=4, disabled, down


Upon disabling AP300-3 the assigned rescuer radios changed from a Normal state to rescuer and increased their transmit power by 1dBm to fill the coverage hole from the failed AP:




1 00-15-70-78-F5-23 00-15-70-7E-27-6C 11a rescue 36 (36 ) 17(16) 192.168.10.14

2 00-15-70-78-F5-23 00-15-70-7E-3F-1C 11bg detector 1 (1 ) 6 (6 ) 192.168.10.14


4 00-15-70-B2-FD-CF 00-15-70-CD-83-84 11bg rescue 11 (11 ) 5 (4 ) 192.168.10.15


8 00-15-70-D5-DA-FB 00-15-70-D0-26-54 11bg normal 11 (11 ) 4 (4 ) 192.168.10.15

9 00-15-70-D5-DA-CE 00-15-70-D0-24-4C 11a rescue 48 (48 ) 17(16) 192.168.10.14

10 00-15-70-D5-DA-CE 00-15-70-D0-23-EC 11bg rescue 6 (6 ) 17(16) 192.168.10.14

After re-enabling AP300-3 the assigned rescuer radios transitioned back to a Normal state and their transmit power reduced:




1 00-15-70-78-F5-23 00-15-70-7E-27-6C 11a normal 36 (36 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14

2 00-15-70-78-F5-23 00-15-70-7E-3F-1C 11bg detector 1 (1 ) 6 (6 ) 192.168.10.14



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5 00-15-70-B2-FD-D0 00-15-70-CD-83-6C 11a normal 44 (44 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14

6 00-15-70-B2-FD-D0 00-15-70-CD-83-24 11bg normal 1 (1 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14


8 00-15-70-D5-DA-FB 00-15-70-D0-26-54 11bg normal 11 (11 ) 4 (4 ) 192.168.10.15

9 00-15-70-D5-DA-CE 00-15-70-D0-24-4C 11a normal 48 (48 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14


4.4.2 Coverage Hole:

To verify coverage hole detection and mitigation is operating correctly the following steps will be performed:

1) An 802.11b/g station will be hard coded to associate with radio 6. Radio 6 will be configured to provide a coverage-rate of 18Mbps (default).

2) The station will be moved so that its data-rate drops below 18Mbps.

3) The station will be disconnected to simulate a roam to an alternative AP.

During the initial association radio 6 was operating on channel 1 with transmit power of 16dBm and Normal state. The station was associated at a data-rate of 54Mbps.




1 00-15-70-78-F5-23 00-15-70-7E-27-6C 11a normal 36 (36 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14

2 00-15-70-78-F5-23 00-15-70-7E-3F-1C 11bg detector 1 (1 ) 6 (6 ) 192.168.10.14



5 00-15-70-B2-FD-D0 00-15-70-CD-83-6C 11a normal 44 (44 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14

6 00-15-70-B2-FD-D0 00-15-70-CD-83-24 11bg normal 1 (1 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14


8 00-15-70-D5-DA-FB 00-15-70-D0-26-54 11bg normal 11 (11 ) 4 (4 ) 192.168.10.15

9 00-15-70-D5-DA-CE 00-15-70-D0-24-4C 11a normal 48 (48 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14


Smart-RF Local Operating Status:

RFS6000# show wireless smart-rf radio local-status 6

================================================================================

Radio: 00-15-70-CD-83-24

AP [AP-00-15-70-B2-FD-D0] 11bg - radio-6 [00-15-70-CD-83-24]


================================================================================

detector mode : no


curent channel : 1




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Upon moving the station, the stationss data-rate dropped to below the 18Mbps coverage-rate. Smart RF detected the coverage hole and the state of the radio changed from Normal to Filling and the transmit data-rate stabilized at 19dBm.




1 00-15-70-78-F5-23 00-15-70-7E-27-6C 11a normal 36 (36 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14

2 00-15-70-78-F5-23 00-15-70-7E-3F-1C 11bg detector 1 (1 ) 6 (6 ) 192.168.10.14



5 00-15-70-B2-FD-D0 00-15-70-CD-83-6C 11a normal 44 (44 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14

6 00-15-70-B2-FD-D0 00-15-70-CD-83-24 11bg filling 1 (1 ) 19(16) 192.168.10.14


8 00-15-70-D5-DA-FB 00-15-70-D0-26-54 11bg normal 11 (11 ) 4 (4 ) 192.168.10.15

9 00-15-70-D5-DA-CE 00-15-70-D0-24-4C 11a normal 48 (48 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14




================================================================================

Radio: 00-15-70-CD-83-24



================================================================================

detector mode : no


curent channel : 1



Once the station was disconnected Smart RF ended the self-healing process and returned the radio to a Normal state and 16dBm transmit power.




1 00-15-70-78-F5-23 00-15-70-7E-27-6C 11a normal 36 (36 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14

2 00-15-70-78-F5-23 00-15-70-7E-3F-1C 11bg detector 1 (1 ) 6 (6 ) 192.168.10.14



5 00-15-70-B2-FD-D0 00-15-70-CD-83-6C 11a normal 44 (44 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14

6 00-15-70-B2-FD-D0 00-15-70-CD-83-24 11bg normal 1 (1 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14



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8 00-15-70-D5-DA-FB 00-15-70-D0-26-54 11bg normal 11 (11 ) 4 (4 ) 192.168.10.15

9 00-15-70-D5-DA-CE 00-15-70-D0-24-4C 11a normal 48 (48 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14




================================================================================

Radio: 00-15-70-CD-83-24



================================================================================

detector mode : no


curent channel : 1



4.4.3 Interference:

To verify coverage interference detection and mitigation is operating correctly the following steps will be performed:

1) The Smart RF global retry-threshold will be set to 1.

2) A standalone 802.11b/g AP will be deployed on channel 11 to provide interference. A station will be hard coded to associate with the interfering AP. IPerf will be used between the station and a wired workstation to place load on the link.

3) A station will be hard coded to associate with radio 8 which is operating on channel 11. FastPing will be used to generate traffic between the station and a wired workstation. The station will be moved away from the AP to cause the retry rate to increase.

During the initial association radio 8 was operating on channel 11 with transmit power of 4dBm and Normal state.




1 00-15-70-78-F5-23 00-15-70-7E-27-6C 11a normal 36 (36 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14

2 00-15-70-78-F5-23 00-15-70-7E-3F-1C 11bg detector 1 (1 ) 6 (6 ) 192.168.10.14



5 00-15-70-B2-FD-D0 00-15-70-CD-83-6C 11a normal 44 (44 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14

6 00-15-70-B2-FD-D0 00-15-70-CD-83-24 11bg normal 1 (1 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14


8 00-15-70-D5-DA-FB 00-15-70-D0-26-54 11bg normal 11 (11 ) 4 (4 ) 192.168.10.15

9 00-15-70-D5-DA-CE 00-15-70-D0-24-4C 11a normal 48 (48 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14


Fast ping was initiated to a wired workstation and the station moved to the fringes of the network. IPerf was also initiated on the station associated to the interfering AP. The traffic generated by the interfering


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AP caused the number of retries to exceed the retry-threshold which triggered Smart RF to a scan and change channels to 1.


RFS6000# show wireless radio statistics 8

***** Radio-8 *********************

mobile-units Associated : 1 Voice Prioritized : 0

------ Traffic -------------------------------------------------------

Total Rx Tx

---------------- ---------------- ----------------

30s 1hr 30s 1hr 30s 1hr

Pkts per sec: 0.87 78.16 0.00 31.18 0.00 41.04 pps

Throughput: 0.00 0.54 0.00 0.14 0.00 0.41 Mbps

Avg bit speed: 18.43 51.52 Mbps

% Non-unicast pkts: 100.00 7.59

------ RF Status------------------------------------------------------

30s 1hr

Avg mobile-unit signal: -58.71 -49.71 dBm

Avg mobile-unit noise: -93.14 -91.86 dBm

Avg mobile-unit SNR(dB): 34.43 42.14

------ Errors---------------------------------------------------------

30s 1hr

Avg number of retries: 2.20 0.52

% gave up pkts: 5.00 0.24

% Non-decryptable pkts: 0.00 0.00

------ Voice----------------------------------------------------------

30s 1hr

Voice MUs - Avg: 0.00 0.00

Voice MUs - Max: 0.00 0.00

% gave up voice pkts: 0.00 0.00




1 00-15-70-78-F5-23 00-15-70-7E-27-6C 11a normal 36 (36 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14

2 00-15-70-78-F5-23 00-15-70-7E-3F-1C 11bg detector 1 (1 ) 6 (6 ) 192.168.10.14



5 00-15-70-B2-FD-D0 00-15-70-CD-83-6C 11a normal 44 (44 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14

6 00-15-70-B2-FD-D0 00-15-70-CD-83-24 11bg normal 1 (1 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14


8 00-15-70-D5-DA-FB 00-15-70-D0-26-54 11bg normal 1 (1 ) 4(4 ) 192.168.10.15

9 00-15-70-D5-DA-CE 00-15-70-D0-24-4C 11a normal 48 (48 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14



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5. Baseline Configurations:

5.1 Radio Configuration:

The following displays the adopted radios configuration and operating state before and after Smart RF calibration:

5.1.1 Radio Operation (Prior to Smart RF Calibration):



1 00-15-70-78-F5-23 00-15-70-7E-27-6C 11a normal 36 (36 ) 17(17) 192.168.10.14

2 00-15-70-78-F5-23 00-15-70-7E-3F-1C 11bg normal 1 (1 ) 20(20) 192.168.10.14


4 00-15-70-B2-FD-CF 00-15-70-CD-83-84 11bg normal 6 (6 ) 20(20) 192.168.10.15

5 00-15-70-B2-FD-D0 00-15-70-CD-83-6C 11a normal 44 (44 ) 17(17) 192.168.10.14

6 00-15-70-B2-FD-D0 00-15-70-CD-83-24 11bg normal 11 (11 ) 20(20) 192.168.10.14

7 00-15-70-D5-DA-FB 00-15-70-D0-25-64 11a normal 48 (48 ) 17(17) 192.168.10.15

8 00-15-70-D5-DA-FB 00-15-70-D0-26-54 11bg normal 1 (1 ) 10(10) 192.168.10.15

9 00-15-70-D5-DA-CE 00-15-70-D0-24-4C 11a normal 149(149) 20(20) 192.168.10.14


5.1.2 Radio Operation (After Smart RF Calibration):



1 00-15-70-78-F5-23 00-15-70-7E-27-6C 11a normal 36 (36 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14

2 00-15-70-78-F5-23 00-15-70-7E-3F-1C 11bg detector 1 (1 ) 6 (6 ) 192.168.10.14



5 00-15-70-B2-FD-D0 00-15-70-CD-83-6C 11a normal 44 (44 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14

6 00-15-70-B2-FD-D0 00-15-70-CD-83-24 11bg normal 1 (1 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14


8 00-15-70-D5-DA-FB 00-15-70-D0-26-54 11bg normal 11 (11 ) 4 (4 ) 192.168.10.15

9 00-15-70-D5-DA-CE 00-15-70-D0-24-4C 11a normal 48 (48 ) 16(16) 192.168.10.14



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5.2 RF Switch Running Configuration:

The following shows the running configuration of the RFS6000 and RFS7000 switches used to create this guide:

5.2.1 RFS6000 Running Configuration:

RFS6000# show running-config

!

! configuration of RFS6000 version 3.3.0.0-023R

!

version 1.1

!

!

aaa authentication login default local none

service prompt crash-info

!

username "admin" password 1 b6b6ccabdb85763872c7fbdf436ec2ed86bf931e

username "admin" privilege superuser

username "operator" password 1 b6b6ccabdb85763872c7fbdf436ec2ed86bf931e

!

!

!

spanning-tree mst configuration

name My Name

!

crypto pki trustpoint ESELAB

subject-name "rfs6000" US "TN" "Johnson City" "Motorola Inc." "WLAN Enterprise Division"

fqdn "rfs6000.eselab.com"

ip-address 192.168.10.14

!

management secure

ip domain-name eselab.com

ip name-server 192.168.10.5

no bridge multiple-spanning-tree enable bridge-forward

country-code us

redundancy group-id 100

redundancy interface-ip 192.168.10.14

redundancy member-ip 192.168.10.15

redundancy enable

logging buffered 7

logging console 4

snmp-server engineid netsnmp 6b8b456748daa1a5

snmp-server location Johnson City TN

snmp-server contact [email protected]

snmp-server sysname RFS6000


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snmp-server manager v2


snmp-server user snmptrap v3 encrypted auth md5 0xe3e4b0c4acafa27f6a23ad77d69ac182

snmp-server user snmpmanager v3 encrypted auth md5 0xe3e4b0c4acafa27f6a23ad77d69ac182

snmp-server user snmpoperator v3 encrypted auth md5 0x4fc3ccf48e7c1c7780f936f8cb3fcc64

ip http server

ip http secure-trustpoint ESELAB

ip http secure-server

ip ssh

ip telnet

no service pm sys-restart

timezone America/New_York

service radius

license AP fc781051ebf9d99ced010a4dab46a63a760c66f54b1c496da322d3cd41d046777fbed80f433b68ea

!

wireless

secure-wispe-default-secret 0 defaultS

adoption-pref-id 100

no adopt-unconf-radio enable

manual-wlan-mapping enable

wlan 1 enable

wlan 1 description MOTO-DATA

wlan 1 ssid MOTO-DATA

wlan 1 vlan 40

wlan 1 encryption-type tkip

wlan 1 authentication-type eap

wlan 1 radius server primary 192.168.10.5

wlan 1 radius server primary radius-key 0 ESELAB

wlan 1 radius reauth 3600

wlan 1 radius accounting server primary 192.168.10.5

wlan 1 radius accounting server primary radius-key 0 ESELAB

wlan 1 dot11i preauthentication

radio add 1 00-15-70-78-F5-23 11a ap300

radio 1 description AP300-1-A

radio 1 bss 1 1

radio 1 channel-power indoor 36 17

radio 1 on-channel-scan

radio 1 adoption-pref-id 100

radio add 2 00-15-70-78-F5-23 11bg ap300

radio 2 description AP300-1-BG

radio 2 bss 1 1



radio 2 short-preamble


radio add 3 00-15-70-B2-FD-CF 11a ap300


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radio 3 bss 1 1




radio add 4 00-15-70-B2-FD-CF 11bg ap300


radio 4 bss 1 1





radio add 5 00-15-70-B2-FD-D0 11a ap300


radio 5 bss 1 1




radio add 6 00-15-70-B2-FD-D0 11bg ap300


radio 6 bss 1 1





radio add 7 00-15-70-D5-DA-FB 11a ap300


radio 7 bss 1 1




radio add 8 00-15-70-D5-DA-FB 11bg ap300


radio 8 bss 1 1





radio add 9 00-15-70-D5-DA-CE 11a ap300


radio 9 bss 1 1




radio add 10 00-15-70-D5-DA-CE 11bg ap300



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radio 10 bss 1 1





no ap-ip default-ap switch-ip

ap-detection enable

!

smart-rf

radio 1 radio-mac 00-15-70-7E-27-6C

radio 2 radio-mac 00-15-70-7E-3F-1C

radio 3 radio-mac 00-15-70-CD-82-BC

radio 4 radio-mac 00-15-70-CD-83-84

radio 5 radio-mac 00-15-70-CD-83-6C


radio 7 radio-mac 00-15-70-D0-25-64


radio 9 radio-mac 00-15-70-D0-24-4C

radio 10 radio-mac 00-15-70-D0-23-EC

!

!

interface ge1

switchport access vlan 1

!

interface ge2


!

interface ge3


!

interface ge4


!

interface ge5


!

interface ge6


!

interface ge7


!

interface ge8


!

interface me1


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no ip address

!

interface up1

description Uplink

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk native vlan 10

switchport trunk native tagged

switchport trunk allowed vlan none

switchport trunk allowed vlan add 10,40,

!

interface vlan1

no ip address

!

interface vlan10

management

description SERVICES

ip address 192.168.10.14/24

!

interface vlan70

description GUEST

ip address 192.168.70.14/24

!

rtls

rfid

espi

sole

!

ip route 0.0.0.0/0 192.168.10.1

!

ntp server 192.168.10.5 prefer

line con 0

line vty 0 24

!

end

5.2.2 RFS7000 Running Configuration:

RFS7000# show running-config

!

! configuration of RFS7000 version 1.3.0.0-023R

!

version 1.1

!

!

aaa authentication login default local none

service prompt crash-info


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!

username "admin" password 1 b6b6ccabdb85763872c7fbdf436ec2ed86bf931e

username "admin" privilege superuser

username "operator" password 1 b6b6ccabdb85763872c7fbdf436ec2ed86bf931e

!

!

!

spanning-tree mst configuration

name My Name

!

crypto pki trustpoint ESELAB

subject-name "rfs7000" US "TN" "Johson City" "Motorola Inc." "Enterprise WLAN Division"

fqdn "rfs7000.eselab.com"

ip-address 192.168.10.15

!

management secure

ip domain-name eselab.com

ip name-server 192.168.10.5

no bridge multiple-spanning-tree enable bridge-forward

country-code us

redundancy group-id 100

redundancy interface-ip 192.168.10.15

redundancy member-ip 192.168.10.14

redundancy enable

logging buffered 7

logging console 4

snmp-server engineid netsnmp 53796d626f6c2020

snmp-server location Johnson City TN

snmp-server contact [email protected]

snmp-server sysname RFS7000



snmp-server user snmptrap v3 encrypted auth md5 0x7be2cb56f6060226f15974c936e2739b

snmp-server user snmpmanager v3 encrypted auth md5 0x7be2cb56f6060226f15974c936e2739b

snmp-server user snmpoperator v3 encrypted auth md5 0x49c451c7c6893ffcede0491bbd0a12c4

ip http server

ip http secure-trustpoint ESELAB

ip http secure-server

ip ssh

ip telnet

no service pm sys-restart

timezone America/New_York

service radius

!

wireless

secure-wispe-default-secret 0 defaultS


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adoption-pref-id 200

no adopt-unconf-radio enable

manual-wlan-mapping enable

wlan 1 enable

wlan 1 description MOTO-DATA

wlan 1 ssid MOTO-DATA

wlan 1 vlan 40

wlan 1 encryption-type tkip

wlan 1 authentication-type eap

wlan 1 radius server primary 192.168.10.5

wlan 1 radius server primary radius-key 0 ESELAB

wlan 1 radius reauth 3600

wlan 1 radius accounting server primary 192.168.10.5

wlan 1 radius accounting server primary radius-key 0 ESELAB

wlan 1 dot11i preauthentication

radio add 1 00-15-70-78-F5-23 11a ap300


radio 1 bss 1 1




radio add 2 00-15-70-78-F5-23 11bg ap300


radio 2 bss 1 1





radio add 3 00-15-70-B2-FD-CF 11a ap300


radio 3 bss 1 1




radio add 4 00-15-70-B2-FD-CF 11bg ap300


radio 4 bss 1 1





radio add 5 00-15-70-B2-FD-D0 11a ap300


radio 5 bss 1 1




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radio add 6 00-15-70-B2-FD-D0 11bg ap300


radio 6 bss 1 1





radio add 7 00-15-70-D5-DA-FB 11a ap300


radio 7 bss 1 1




radio add 8 00-15-70-D5-DA-FB 11bg ap300


radio 8 bss 1 1





radio add 9 00-15-70-D5-DA-CE 11a ap300


radio 9 bss 1 1




radio add 10 00-15-70-D5-DA-CE 11bg ap300


radio 10 bss 1 1





no ap-ip default-ap switch-ip

ap-detection enable

!

smart-rf

radio 1 radio-mac 00-15-70-7E-27-6C

radio 2 radio-mac 00-15-70-7E-3F-1C

radio 3 radio-mac 00-15-70-CD-82-BC


radio 5 radio-mac 00-15-70-CD-83-6C





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radio 9 radio-mac 00-15-70-D0-24-4C

radio 10 radio-mac 00-15-70-D0-23-EC

!

!

interface ge1

description Uplink


switchport trunk native vlan 10

switchport trunk native tagged

switchport trunk allowed vlan none

switchport trunk allowed vlan add 10,40,70,80,

!

interface ge2


!

interface ge3


!

interface ge4


!

interface me1

no ip address

!

interface vlan1

no ip address

!

interface vlan10

management

description SERVICES

ip address 192.168.10.15/24

!

interface vlan70

description GUEST

ip address 192.168.70.15/24

!

rtls

rfid

espi

sole

!

ip route 0.0.0.0/0 192.168.10.1

!


line con 0

line vty 0 24


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!

end

5.2.3 Ethernet Switch Running Configuration:

C3750# show running-config

!

! Last configuration change at 07:23:22 PST Wed Oct 22 2008

! NVRAM config last updated at 07:23:23 PST Wed Oct 22 2008

!

version 12.2

no service pad

service timestamps debug uptime

service timestamps log uptime

no service password-encryption

!

hostname C3750

!

enable password symbol

!

no aaa new-model

clock timezone PST -4

switch 1 provision ws-c3750g-24ps

system mtu routing 1500

ip subnet-zero

ip routing

!

no file verify auto

spanning-tree mode pvst

spanning-tree extend system-id

!

vlan internal allocation policy ascending

!

interface GigabitEthernet1/0/1

description INTERNET


switchport mode access

spanning-tree portfast

!


description DHCP SERVER




!


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description RFS6000

switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q



!


description RFS7000

switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q



!


!


!


!


!


!


!


!


description AP300-1




!


description AP300-2




!


description AP300-3




!


description AP300-4


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!


description AP300-5




!


!


!


!


!


!


!


!


!


!


!


!


!

interface Vlan1

no ip address

!

interface Vlan10

ip address 192.168.10.1 255.255.255.0

!

interface Vlan11

ip address 192.168.11.1 255.255.255.0

!

interface Vlan40

ip address 192.168.40.1 255.255.255.0

!


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ip classless

ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.10.2

ip http server

!

snmp-server community public RO

snmp-server community private RW

snmp-server enable traps license

!

control-plane

!

!

line con 0

line vty 0 4

password symbol

login

line vty 5 15

login

!

ntp clock-period 36028926


end


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6. Reference Documentation:

Description Location

Motorola RFS Series Wireless LAN Switches WiNG System Reference Guide http://support.symbol.com

Motorola RF Switch CLI Reference Guide http://support.symbol.com



Documents

WiNG How to-Smart RF