Meru Technical Note - How to enable virtual cell on AP300?

[Andy_G]

Description

How to enable virtual cell on AP300?

Scope

KB Article Type: Configuration

RELATED PRODUCTS: controller, AP300

RELATED SOFTWARE VERSIONS: 3.6

KEYWORDS: virtual, AP300, BSSID

Solution

CONFIGURATION STEPS:

Note: Vcell for AP300 is only supported in System Director 3.6 releases that start with 200, such as 3.6-225 or 3.6 VC releases.

Configuring Virtual Cell Support for AP300 with Web UI

There are two steps (instead of just the first one below for AP150 and AP200) for configuring AP300

Virtual Cell:

1. Create an ESS with Enable Virtual Cell On and Per-station BSSID On. (These two settings default to On.)

2. Configure each AP300 radio for Virtual Cell by these steps:

a. Click Configure > Wireless > Radio

b. Select a radio.

c. Set RF6/RF7 Virtual Cell Mode on (Virtual Cell enabled) or off (Virtual Cell disabled). d. Save the configuration.

Configuring Virtual Cell Support for AP300 with CLI

Configure Virtual Cell on a radio from the CLI by typing configure terminal > interface Dot11Radio > administrative mode > rf6-rf7-vcell-mode. For example:

vcell22# configure terminal
vcell22(config)# interface Dot11Radio 2 1
vcell22(config-if-802)# rf6-rf7-vcell-mode
vcell22(config-if-802)# end
vcell22# show interfaces Dot11Radio 2 1

Wireless Interface Configuration

AP ID : 2
AP Name : AP-2
Interface Index : 1
AP Model : AP320
Interface Description : ieee80211-2-1
Administrative Status : Up
Operational Status : Enabled
Last Change Time : 09/27/2008 02:44:52
Radio Type : RF6
MTU (bytes) : 2346
Channel : 11
Operating Channel : 11
Short Preamble : on
RF Band Support : 802.11abgn
RF Band Selection : 802.11bgn
Antenna Selection : Left
Transmit Power High(dBm) : 18
AP Mode : Normal
Scanning Channels:1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,34,36,38,40,42,44,46,48,52,56,60,64,100,104,108,112,116,120,124,128,132,136,140,149,153,157,161,165Protection Mechanism : wmm-txop
Protection Mode : auto
Number of Antennas : 3
Dual abg Support : off
Channel Width : 20-mhz
MIMO Mode : 2x2
802.11n only mode : off
RF6/RF7 VCell mode : on <-

To turn Virtual Cell off, use this version of the command:
vcell22(config-if-802)# no rf6-rf7-vcell-mode

TEST RESULTS: Virtual Cell Configured

LIMITATIONS IF ANY:

*Imp. Note : AP300 supports virtual cell only with "Per Station Bssid" as Virtual Cell Type.