Controller Assisted Mobility

[Gary_Hartstone]

Seeking any feedback on the "Controller Assisted Mobility" feature which can be enabled on WLAN>Client Settings.
I have a older Distribution Center site running 2 RFS7000s. Site has 3 buildings assigned to their own unique RF Domains. Building 1 has 60 AP621s, Building 3 has 30 AP621s and Building 3 has 20 AP6522s. All APs are configured for IPLayer3/MintLevel1 adoption. The main WLAN is tunnelled back to the controller and configured with a VLAN pool of 4 VLANs. Problems occur when forklifts move between RF domains, and on recent rare occasions MU disassociations result in MUs being assigned to a new VLAN. I've seen the following webpage https://extremeportal.force.com/ExtrArticleDetail?an=000064277 which recommends implementing Controller Assisted Mobility for these issues, but when implemented I can't see any difference in the GUI or way of confirming if a roaming database is being maintained by the controller. any feedback would be appreciated, thanks.

[Alona]

You have RFS7000 and AP 621 - both out of support. You should really plan for infrastructure replacement. You wont't be able to upgrade to 5.9 or any other release at this point.

[aholden]

Hi Shay - 5.9.0 is now available on the support site.

Before implementing, review the release notes for supported devices

[Shay_Weir]

Thanks Andy! Chris F. sent us the release notes yesterday. We needed the by floor and\or area features about 6 months ago. We will take another run at it once we decide when to upgrade. May wait for 5.9.2 🙂

[aholden]

Hi - Reading the description on your wireless network, it seams closer to a CAMPUS deployment rather than a DISTRUBUTED one. The difference is that in a CAMPUS deployment there will be a single RF-Domain, but the AP are grouped to their assigned buildings by assigning them to AREAS/FLOOR. This option is listed in the AP's override. It will preserve the current SMART-RF settings and my improve your roaming. Use the ON-Line help for a full description of these features