Description
This article explains how to suspend radio at certain times of the day or week.
Solution
Available only via CLI.
In 5.0, the following commands are available:
config wireless-controller wtp-profile
edit <name_string>
config radio-1 (or radio-2)
set ap-bgscan {enable | disable}
set ap-bgscan-disable-day <day_list_str>
set ap-bgscan-disable-end <time_str>
set ap-bgscan-disable-start <time_str>
end
In 5.2, the following commands are available:
config wireless-controller wids-profile
edit <wids-profile_name>
set ap-bgscan-disable-day <day_list_str>
set ap-bgscan-disable-start <time_str>
set ap-bgscan-disable-end <time_str>
end
where:
ap-bgscan-disable-day <day_list_str>
Enter the days of the week when background scanning is disabled. For example, to disable the scanning during the weekend use:
set ap-bgscan-disable-day saturday sunday
ap-bgscan-disable-start <time_str>
Enter the start time (format hh:mm) at which to disable background scanning. ap-bgscan-disable-day must be set.
ap-bgscan-disable-end <time_str>
Enter the end time (format hh:mm) at which to enable background scanning. ap-bgscan-disable-day must be set.
For example, to disable the scanning during the night, use:
set ap-bgscan-disable-start 19:00
set ap-bgscan-disable-end 07:00
For more information please refer to the Wireless Controller section of the appropriate FortiOS CLI Reference Manual. These are available in the Fortinet Document Library.
The online CLI guides are available for 5.0 and for 5.2
