Technical Tip: Changing beacon-interval of FortiAP’s being managed by FortiGate

[guptab]

Description

This article describes how to change the beacon-interval of FortiAPs being managed by FortiGate.

Scope

FortiAP.

Solution

1. The beacon interval of the FortiAP’s being managed by FortiGate can only be changed from the CL

2. Login to the Fortigate CLI using SSH and edit the WTP profile in which the FortiAP is mapped to.

FGT (root) # config wireless-controller wtp-profile
FGT (wtp-profile)  edit <wtp-profile>  <----- Use the WTP profile name which is mapped to the FortiAP’s to edit the beacon intervals for.

3. Select the radio for which the beacon interval needs change. If both radios, it is possible to do it one at a time.

FGT (wtp-profile) # config radio-1
FGT (radio-1) set beacon-interval 1000 <----- Set the beacon interval as desired.
FGT (radio-1) end

FGT (wtp-profile) # config radio-0
FGT (radio-0) set beacon-interval 1000 <----- Set the beacon interval as desired.
FGT (radio-0) end

[Adolfo_Z_H]

hi, it is not avisable tweak this parameter unless you were instructed by TAC or have a in depth wifi knowledge.

100 ms is the standard industry value

lower than this can starve air time on the cell, increase channel utilization and lower performance for all devices.

higher than this value some devices might start to experience random disconections or fail to detect SSIDs broadcasted from this AP.