Brocade Mobility Access Point System Reference Guide (Supporting software release 5.5.0.0 and later) User Manual
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Set or override the following profile Aeroscout Properties for the selected access point radio.
Set or override the following profile Ekahau Properties for the selected access point radio.
Define a Reduced Interframe Spacing (RIFS) mode using the drop-down menu. This value
determines whether interframe spacing is applied to transmissions or received packets, or both or
none. The default mode is Transmit and Receive.
Consider setting this value to None for high priority traffic to reduce packet delay.
Set or override the following Non-Unicast Traffic values for the profile’s supported access point
radio and its connected wireless clients:
Refer to the Sniffer Redirect (Packet Capture) field to define or override the radio’s captured packet
configuration.
Select the Enable Off-Channel Scan radio button to scan across other channels in the radio band.
This setting is disabled by default.
Select the Off-Channel Scan list for 5GHz field and enter the channels on which off channel scan
has to be performed for the 5.0 GHz radio. Similarly select the channels for the Off Channel Scan
list for 2.4 GHz radio.
Use the Max Multicast spinner to set the maximum number of multicast channels on which to do
off channel scan.
Use the Scan Interval spinner to set the time duration in DTIM period between 2 off channel scans.
Use the Sniffer Redirect field to provide the IP address of the device to which the captured
off-channel scan packets are redirected to.
Select OK to save or override the changes to the Advanced Settings screen. Select Reset to revert
to the last saved configuration.
Forward
Select to enable forwarding of Aeroscout packets
MAC to be forwarded
Enter the MAC address that is incorporated in the Aeroscout packets that are forwarded.
Forwarding host
Provide the IP address of the host to which Ekahau packets are forwarded to.
Forwarding Port
Use the spinner to provide the Ekahau forwarding port number.
MAC to be forwarded
Enter the MAC address that is incorporated in the Ekahau packets that are forwarded.
Non-Unicast Transmit Rate
Use the Select drop-down menu to launch a sub screen to define the data rate broadcast and
multicast frames are transmitted. Seven different rates are available if the not using the same rate
for each BSSID, each with a separate menu.
Non-Unicast Forwarding
Define whether client broadcast and multicast packets should always follow DTIM, or only follow
DTIM when using Power Save Aware mode. The default setting is Follow DTIM.
Host for Redirected
Packets
If packets are re-directed from a access point radio, define an IP address of a resource (additional
host system) used to capture the re- directed packets. This address is the numerical (non DNS)
address of the host used to capture the re-directed packets.
Channel to Capture
Packets
Use the drop-down menu to specify the channel used to capture re-directed packets. The default
value is channel 1.