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fortiAP 221C channel utilization is High

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
September 20, 2023
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Hi,

i have 4FortiAP 221C with OS as FP221C-v6.0-build0044 connected to Fortigate firewall 100F. Currently we are facing problem on wifi connectivity like we observed the randomly all AP channel utilization increased on both 2.4 and 5ghz.

we have set 15 clients to connect per AP.

Also we observed some interfering SSID's . how to remove this from particular AP.

Kindly suggest what we have to do to resolve this issue

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anignan

Staff

Hi @Ashish-pal

Can you try enabling DAARP and set the radio transmit power to auto...

REF: https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortiap/7.4.1/fortiwifi-and-fortiap-configuration-guide/148466/configuring-distributed-radio-resource-provisioning

Abdel

Ashish-palAuthor

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@anignan

I have enabled the same but still the interfering SSID is coming. will this impact.

anignan

Staff

Hi @Ashish-pal

What channel width are you using? You can try 20MHz for 2.4GHz and see... With the diagnostic tool you can see what SSID is interfering with yours you can also use netspot software to see this overlap.. Interference in 2.4GHz is not uncommon...

Abdel

adambomb1219

SuperUser

Probably time to look at replacing that old AP

Ashish-palAuthor

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@adambomb1219

Can you please suggest which AP should we go for and how many we should go for. Any way we can check that part.

adambomb1219

SuperUser

Impossible to say without many more details. RF environment, physical layout, location requirements, client types, client counts, etc. That being said the 221E would be the most direct replacement. But it has no WiFi6 or 6E support. So I would probably look at a 231G which has 6E support. If you have no desire for 6E then the 231F.

https://www.fortinet.com/products/wireless-access-points

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