How do I exclude 11b clients from joining and what's the difference between ofdm-only and 11n-only?

Summary

This document explains the difference between ofdm-only and 11n only from a cofiguration perspective.

Question

Customer Environment

ZD or AP environment with 11n and/or 11ac APs, 9.7-9.10 SW. 11b client environment and want to exclude c11b connections.

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Resolution

Here's the difference between OFDM-only and 11n-only:
- OFDM only excludes 11b clients from connecting to the WLAN.
- OFDM only configuration is done per WLAN at the CLI and not at the GUI.
- 11n only excludes 11b and 11g clients.
- 11n only configuration is done per AP group at the GUI (Configure / Access Points, Access Point Group) and can also be done through the CLI.

Here's the excerpt from the CLI for enabling OFDM only per WLAN.
In this example we first look at all of the WLANs available by doing a show wlan and select the appropriate wlan name to which you will be performing the change:

login as:

Please login: admin
Password:
Welcome to the Ruckus Wireless ZoneDirector 1100 Command Line Interface
ruckus> en
ruckus# conf
You have all rights in this mode.
ruckus(config)# show wlan
WLAN Service:
ID:
    1:
      NAME = OpenWireless
.
.
.
    7:
      NAME = 1RUCCAT
      Tx. Rate of Management Frame(2.4GHz) = 2.0Mbps
      Tx. Rate of Management Frame(5GHz)   = 6.0Mbps
      Beacon Interval = 100ms
      SSID = 1RUCCAT
      Description =
ruckus(config)# wlan 1RUCCAT
The WLAN service '1RUCCAT' has been loaded. To save the WLAN service, type 'end' or 'exit'.
ruckus(config-wlan)#
ruckus(config-wlan)# ofdm-only
The mgmt-tx-rate will be set to 6Mbps due to ofdm-only enable.
The command was executed successfully. To save the changes, type 'end' or 'exit'.
ruckus(config-wlan)# end
The WLAN service '1RUCCAT' has been updated and saved.
Your changes have been saved.
ruckus(config)#

Make sure to do an "end" after the command for the command to take effect. The command does not require a reboot for it to take effect. Again, OFDM-only is only configurable per WLAN and not per AP Group. You can also do OFDM-only per AP by logging in to the AP and following the following sequence. Notice that we use wlan0 instead of 1RUCCAT for the configuration. wlan0 and wlan32 will implement the change in both 2 and 5 GHz for 1RUCCAT wlan:

rkscli: get wlanlist
name          status   type   wlanID   radioID bssid             ssid
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
wlan0         up       AP     wlan0    0        2c:e6:cc:02:16:b8 1RUCCAT
wlan100       up       MON    wlan100 0        00:00:00:00:00:00
recovery-ssid down     AP     wlan102 0        00:00:00:00:00:00 island-0216B0
wlan32        up       AP     wlan32   1        2c:e6:cc:02:16:bc 1RUCCAT
wlan101       down     MON    wlan101 1        00:00:00:00:00:00
recovery-ssid down     AP     wlan103 1        00:00:00:00:00:00 island-0216B0
OK
rkscli: set ofdm-only wlan0 enable
OK
rkscli: set ofdm-only wlan0 disable
OK
rkscli:

Article Number:
000004392

Updated:
April 16, 2015 04:19 PM (almost 7 years ago)

Tags:
Performance, Configuration, Installation, ZoneDirector, ZoneFlex Indoor, ZoneFlex Outdoor

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