DFS channel switching monitoring

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In a enterprise setup (for example with the vSZ) how do you guys monitor DFS channel switching related issues? With auto channel and the use of DFS channel you could possibly have a lot of channel switching that would affect the end users. I've seen "DFS counters" in other vendor solutions. What about Ruckus?

michael_brado

This information is presented under the Radio Athstats section on AP Support Info files under PHY Error Stats:


------------ PHY Error Stats ------------
14194379 PHY errors since clearing all stats (rx_phyerr)
    52 phy radar
    14033694 phy ofdm timing
    20380 phy ofdm restart
    140253 phy zero len crc
382 PHY errors since clearing delta stats (1 sec)
    382 phy ofdm timing
Histogram of PHY errors per second (pcttime in each range)
   0  1-500 ..1K  ..2K  ..5K ..10K ..20K ..50K .100K  more
 100     0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0





This info shows the AP recognized 52 packets contained radar.


It would be a Syslog entry that shows if an AP changed channed due to encountering DFS however (which I don't have an example for).


Enterprises might have tools to monitor/filter Syslog for keywords like 'DFS', 'lost heartbeat', etc.