Meru Technical Note - Setting radios to ‘N’ only mode.

Setting radios to ‘N’ only mode.

KB ARTICLE TYPE: Configuration

RELATED PRODUCTS: AP320

RELATED SOFTWARE VERSIONS: 3.6

KEYWORDS: radios, mode, window pane, wireless interface

STEP 1: In the left window pane, Click on “Configuration” >> Devices (APs) >> Select AP and click on “Settings".

STEP 2: Click on the “Wireless Interface” tab and select the relevant radio.

STEP 3: Change the 802.11n only mode field to a “Yes".

STEP 4: Click OK and then hit the “Save” link on the top right corner of the screen.

CLI STEPS:

STEP 1: In the controller CLI, type “configure terminal”

STEP 2: Type “interface Dot11Radio x y” where x is the apID and y is the radio interface number.

STEP 3: Type “n-only-mode”.

STEP 4: Type “exit” to go back to the global config mode.

TEST RESULTS: APs will only service 802.11N clients and hence non-N clients will not be able to associate with this AP.