topic Re: New APs - AP310/410/i/e are ignoring manual power settings in ExtremeWireless (WiNG)

New APs - AP310/410/i/e are ignoring manual power settings

MichalK — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 21:59:52 GMT

We are experiencing issues with new APs and old MCs ( article on GTAC did not help) and we've noticed that radios often use max power at 10, occasionally 13 and very rarely 18 regardless of what is configured in Smart-RF policy and even ignores manual overrides. We even try not to use Smart-RF policy at all but it was still the same. Also CLI command "show wireless regulatory device-type ” doesn't show any info for these APs for any country - not sure if it's related or not.

Tested FWs 7.5.1.3 and 7.5.2.0

Any help appreciated

Re: New APs - AP310/410/i/e are ignoring manual power settings

Ovais_Qayyum — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 22:31:52 GMT

Hi Michal,

It does show regulatory info, please see the following output from release 7.5.2.0:

Lab-VX#show wire regulatory device-type ap410i ca
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# Channel Set Power(mW) Power (dBm) Placement DFS CAC(mins)
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1 1-11 4000 36 Indoor Not Required 0
2 36-48 1000 30 Indoor Not Required 0
3 52-64 1000 30 Indoor Required 1
4 100-116 1000 30 Indoor Required 1
5 120-128 1000 30 Indoor Required 1
6 132-144 1000 30 Indoor Required 1
7 149-165 4000 36 Indoor Not Required 0
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Are you using 410e/310e? For the external antenna AP versions you need to specify antenna in the same command to get the regulatory info.

Regards,

Ovais

Re: New APs - AP310/410/i/e are ignoring manual power settings

MichalK — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 00:19:55 GMT

Yes we are using external antena models. Thanks, I will try the command with specifying antenna type (for older APs - 7522 etc it wasn't necessary). But it still not solve main issue with ignoring configured power values.

Re: New APs - AP310/410/i/e are ignoring manual power settings

Ovais_Qayyum — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 00:45:24 GMT

APs that run WiNG7 use a new regulatory table. If using external antennas, you need to specify the antenna model in the AP profile/device config, only then the AP would be able to make correct power calculations and Smart-RF will work correctly.

Check different antenna groups and pick the antenna that is installed on the AP:

Lab-VX(config-profile-AP410-AnyAP)#antenna-id external group-1 ?
ah-acc-ant-ax-kt AH-ACC-ANT-AX-KT Dual Band, 2.6dBi/4.2dBi
ai-dq04360s AI-DQ04360S Dual Band, Four Input Omni, 36 Inch Cable
default Internal antenna for internal SKU, auto select antenna
for external SKU
ml-2452-apa2-01 ML-2452-APA2-01 3dBi/4.85dBi, dual band, black
ml-2452-apa2-02 ML-2452-APA2-02 3dBi/4.85dBi, dual band, white
ml-2452-hpa5-036 ML-2452-HPA5-036 3dBi/5dBi, dual band, outdoor, white
ml-2452-hpag4a6-01 ML-2452-HPAG4A6-01 4dBi/7.3dBi, N-type male, dual band,
outdoor, white
ml-2452-hpag5a8-01 ML-2452-HPAG5A8-01
ml-2452-pna5-01r ML-2452-PNA5-01R 2.4/5 GHz, Outdoor, Panel, 5 dBi, Beam
Width: E-Plane: 65 degrees, H-Plane: 120 degrees
ml-2452-pna7-01r ML-2452-PNA7-01R 8/12dBi 68deg Panel
ml-2452-pta4m4-036 ML-2452-PTA4M4-036 4dBi/5 dBi, 4 port, dual band
ml-2452-sec6m4-036 ML-2452-SEC6M4-036 DUAL POLARIZED DUAL BAND WIDE BEAM
DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA WITH 36 INCH CABLE
ws-ai-2q05060 WS-AI-2Q05060 2.4GHz 60 DEG Sector
ws-ai-5q04060 WS-AI-5Q04060 4dBI 60DEG SECTOR
ws-ai-5q05025 WS-AI-5Q05025 5dBI 25DEG SECTOR
ws-ai-de07025 WS-AI-DE07025 6.5/5DBi 25DEG sector
ws-ai-de10055 WS-AI-DE10055 10/6DBi 55DEG sector
ws-ai-dq05120 WS-AI-DQ05120 DUAL POLARIZED DUAL BAND WIDE BEAM

Regards,

Ovais

Re: New APs - AP310/410/i/e are ignoring manual power settings

MichalK — Fri, 16 Apr 2021 15:00:56 GMT

Thank you. Looks much better now. We usually do not use other than Extreme antennas but when we tried to change antenna gain on interface radio before (without changing/setting antenna-id ) it didn't help. I would expect same result from it as from antenna-id option.