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ted_barker
ted_barker
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April 17, 2020
Question

Maximum number of SSIDs 7 not 8? FAP221E-W2 6.4 - FGT 6.4

  • April 17, 2020
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Hi,

 

According to config guide you should be able to have up to 8 SSIDs per radio.

 

But the GUI and the CLI do not let me add an eighth one?

 

 

    2 replies

    JayD_FTNT
    Staff
    JayD_FTNT
    Staff
    April 18, 2020

    Hi Ted,

     

    If background scan is enabled, then one interface will be dedicated to scan. Can you please check if there is any background scan parameters enabled on any of the VAPs or wtp-profile.

     

    You can find more details here.

    https://www.fortinet.com/content/dam/fortinet/assets/data-sheets/FortiAP_11ac_Series.pdf

    Simultaneous SSIDs16 (14 if background scanning enabled)

     

    ted_barker
    ted_barkerAuthor
    New Member
    April 18, 2020

    Many thanks for pointing this out. Also for document.

     

    I'm not sure where to check for this, so I tried to search the admin guide

     

    https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortiap/6.4.0/fortiwifi-and-fortiap-configuration-guide/501673/monitoring-rogue-aps

     

    But it looks like I do not have the WIDS active, i.e. no ap-scan or rogue-scan. But in the wireless events, I still see rogue-ap events???

     

     

    ede_pfau
    SuperUser
    ede_pfau
    SuperUser
    April 20, 2020

    I've had the same problem (kind of) with datasheet stating that a FAP-U321E would be able to support 16 SSIDs in tunnel mode. After opening a support case I found out that

    1- it's 8 per radio (2.4 / 5 GHz band)

    2-

    As per conversation, We can only have 8 ssid per radio and max to 9 if below settings are disabled.

    1> wids ===Disabled

    2>Radio Resource Provision ==>disabled

    3> TX Power Control ===> Manual

    So, running 10 SSIDs we had to put some on 2.4 band only, and some on 5 band only. The power control setting surprised me a bit.

    pprince
    Staff
    pprince
    Staff
    September 16, 2024

    Hi,

     

    1)Keep DARRP disabled on AP profile radios.

    2)Disable 802.11v assisted roaming and 802.11k assisted roaming on the SSIDs 

    Ref doc : https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiAP/Troubleshooting-Tip-Error-while-adding-8-SSIDs-per-client/ta-p/341480 

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