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January 8, 2016

Meru Technical Note - What is the difference between keepalive timeout configured on AP leverl and at Global Configuration level?

  • January 8, 2016
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Description

What is the difference between keepalive timeout configured on AP level and at Global Configuration level?


Scope

KB ARTICLE TYPE: Configuration

RELATED PRODUCTS: All AP models

RELATED SOFTWARE VERSIONS: 5.x

KEYWORDS: keepalive timeout, global configuration, AP


Solution

User can configure keepalive timeout of both the AP level configuration as well as Global Configuration.

[global    configuration]conf
ap-keepalive-timeout

[ap          configuration]
keepalive-timeout

Global keepalive timeout setting, when configured, is applicable to all APs. This is a useful command when there are a large number of APs involved.

The keepalive command under AP configuration however over-rides the global setting for the particular AP for which it is configured.

Example: if the global setting is set to 25 and a particular AP's setting is set to 10, then the keep-alive timeout for that particular AP will be set to 10.


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