Meru Technical Note - What is the best way to turn a radio/AP off and still keep in online?

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Description

What is the best way to turn a radio/AP off and still keep in online?

Scope

KB ARTICLE TYPE: Troubleshooting

RELATED PRODUCTS: Controller, AP

RELATED SOFTWARE VERSIONS: N/A

KEYWORDS: controller, radio, ESS

Solution

Remove the AP from the ESS-AP table for all the configured ESS. You can also chose to remove selected ESS and still allow others to be sent out of that/those APs. For each ESS/SSID that you do not want a particular AP to broadcast, go to the ESS profile then the ESS-AP table of that profile and remove that AP index from the table.

GUI:

Configuration>Devices>APs >>select the AP that you want to make silent and click on "Settings", go to the ESS_AP Table and remove all the ESS associated to this AP.