topic RE: AP310 profile setup in ExtremeWireless (General)

AP310 profile setup

RobertL — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 15:52:00 GMT

Hi all
I would like you advice reagarding creating a new profile for an AP310i/e (mostly AP310i).
I have created a very simple profile with only 1 AP at the moment, and i am testing only the 2.4Ghz band, but i think the throughput is slow, and it is geting even slower when moving away from the AP (i know it should do that) but the signal strenght is still full on the device.

I cannot get a speedtest higher then 90/90.
When moving away (10 meter) it drops to 50/50 and still full signal strength on laptop and smartphone.
When moving away (20 meter in another room) 20/20 and still full signal strength on laptop and smartphone.
No other AP are causing issues.
No other SSID on the device.
It is freash from the box, fully updated and managede from a VX9000.

I have posted my configuration for the AP in hope that some here can se what might be the problem.
Thanks in advance.

RWL-Test-AP01#show context
!
! Configuration of AP310 version 7.6.0.1-003R
!
!
version 2.7
customize show-wireless-client mac ip radio-alias radio-type wlan vlan hostname ap-name username auth
customize show-wireless-radio ap-name radio-mac rf-mode state channel power num-clients location
!
!
firewall-policy default
no ip dos tcp-sequence-past-window
alg sip
!
!
mint-policy global-default
mtu 1396
!
wlan-qos-policy default
qos trust dscp
qos trust wmm
!
radio-qos-policy default
!
wlan RWL-Test
ssid RWL
vlan 1
bridging-mode local
encryption-type ccmp
authentication-type none
no multi-band-operation
no protected-mgmt-frames
wpa-wpa2 psk 0 Test1234
!
!
management-policy 182-DS
no telnet
no http server
https server
rest-server
no ftp
ssh
banner motd Velkommen til 1stHosting Hosted WLAN VX9000 - NOC
!
event-system-policy 182-event
event system login-fail email on
event ap ap-unadopted email on
event ap ap-adopted email on
event ap ap-reset-request email on
event system login email on
event device reset email on
event device device-upgrade-reboot email on
event device offline email on
!
profile ap310 RWL-Test
no autoinstall configuration
no autoinstall firmware
device-upgrade auto ap310 ap360
crypto ikev1 policy ikev1-default
isakmp-proposal default encryption aes-256 group 2 hash sha
crypto ikev2 policy ikev2-default
isakmp-proposal default encryption aes-256 group 2 hash sha
crypto ipsec transform-set default esp-aes-256 esp-sha-hmac
crypto ikev1 remote-vpn
crypto ikev2 remote-vpn
crypto auto-ipsec-secure
crypto load-management
crypto remote-vpn-client
interface radio1
wlan RWL-Test bss 1 primary
mu-mimo
interface radio2
interface bluetooth1
shutdown
mode le-sensor
interface ge1
switchport mode trunk
switchport trunk allowed vlan 1
interface ge2
interface vlan1
ip address dhcp
ip dhcp client request options all
interface pppoe1
use event-system-policy 182-event
use management-policy 182-DS
use firewall-policy default
rf-domain-manager capable
controller host xxxxxxxxxxx
service pm sys-restart
router ospf
adoption-mode controller
!
rf-domain RWL-Test
no country-code
ad-wips-wireless-mitigation disable
ad-wips-wired-mitigation disable
control-vlan 1
!
ap310 20-9E-F7-76-03-1B
use profile RWL-Test
use rf-domain RWL-Test
hostname RWL-Test-AP01
!
!
end

RE: AP310 profile setup

Tomasz — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 17:30:00 GMT

Hi Robert,

There can be plenty of reasons why it stays at 90/90 at most.
What is the testing procedure?
What is the device you're testing with?
What other devices in vicinity use the same or close-by channels from 2.4 GHz band (you can look it up with e.g. free Netspot version)?

This will help to drill in a bit.
As a rule of thumb, 2.4 GHz should be considered best effort. MU-MIMO should be disabled. One thing that might help is increasing the minimum basic rate but it's just one thing.

Please remember, datarate is not throughput. With 1 on 1 testing you can get something like 60-75% of datarate as your throughput, depends on 11n/ac/ax PHY and assuming no significant interferences in place. With more devices on same channel (not just same AP radio) you should expect something closer to 45% of datarate as average channel user throughput.

More:
https://divdyn.com/wi-fi-throughput/
https://divdyn.com/top-ten-tune-tips/
https://divdyn.com/moo-mimo/
https://mcsindex.net/
https://www.duckware.com/tech/wifi-in-the-us.html
Lots of Devin but I'm a big fan of these three articles.

Hope that helps,
Tomasz

RE: AP310 profile setup

RobertZ — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 19:06:00 GMT

- Add the best practices firewall to your configuration: WiNG Best Practice Firewall Settings

- Make sure that the correct 2.4 GHz radio channels are configured:

>en
#config t
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
#smart-rf-policy default
#channel-list 2.4GHz 1,6,11
#com wr
Please Wait .
[OK]

-Disable b data rates on the 2.4 GHz radio and only use gn:

>en
#config t
#profile ap310 RWL-Test
#int radio 1
#data-rates gn
#com wr
Please Wait .
[OK]