topic Re: Does Ruckus Unleased fully support 802.11r, 802.11k and 802.11v for best iPhone roaming experience? in Access Points - Indoor and Outdoor

Does Ruckus Unleased fully support 802.11r, 802.11k and 802.11v for best iPhone roaming experience?

michael_berger_ — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 11:37:46 GMT

I have seen 802.11r and 802.11k somewhere in the configuration but no 802.11 v. I'm interested in this feature for R610, R510 and R310 APs.

Re: Does Ruckus Unleased fully support 802.11r, 802.11k and 802.11v for best iPhone roaming experience?

abilash_p_r — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 22:52:20 GMT

Hi Michael,

802.11v is supported in Unleashed, please enable Smart Roam to steer clients to optimal AP.

ruckus>enable 
ruckus#config 
ruckus(config)#wlan  
ruckus(config-wlan)#smart-roam 3 
ruckus(config-wlan)#exit

More about Smart Roam can be found in the following KB.

https://support.ruckuswireless.com/answers/000002277

Regards,
Abilash PR.

Re: Does Ruckus Unleased fully support 802.11r, 802.11k and 802.11v for best iPhone roaming experience?

michael_berger_ — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 06:02:32 GMT

Hello Abilash,

Thanks! My understanding was that CLI is not available in Unleashed. How can I enable Smart Roam in Unleashed?

Re: Does Ruckus Unleased fully support 802.11r, 802.11k and 802.11v for best iPhone roaming experience?

abilash_p_r — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 01:26:02 GMT

Hi Michael,

CLI is available in Unleashed, but limited.

Below is session output from Master AP in Unleashed Network ( 2 APs ) running 200.4.9.13.47.

λ ssh admin@10.19.119.148
Please login: admin
Password:
Welcome to Ruckus Unleashed Network Command Line Interface
ruckus> en
ruckus# config
You have all rights in this mode.
ruckus(config)# wlan test
The WLAN service 'test' has been loaded. To save the WLAN service, type 'end' or 'exit'.
ruckus(config-wlan)# smart-roam 3
The command was executed successfully. To save the changes, type 'end' or 'exit'.
ruckus(config-wlan)# exit
The WLAN service 'test' has been updated and saved.
Your changes have been saved.
ruckus(config)# exit
Your changes have been saved.
ruckus# show wlan name "test"
WLAN Service:
  ID:
    6:
      NAME = test
      Tx. Rate of Management Frame(2.4GHz) = 2.0Mbps
      Tx. Rate of Management Frame(5GHz)   = 6.0Mbps
      Beacon Interval = 100ms
      SSID = test
      Description = test
      Type = Standard Usage
      Authentication = open
      Encryption = wpa2
      Algorithm = aes
      Passphrase = test@123#
      FT Roaming = Disabled
      802.11k Neighbor report = Disabled
      Web Authentication = Disabled
      Authentication Server = Disabled
      Called-Station-Id type = wlan-bssid
      Tunnel Mode = Disabled
      Background Scanning = Enabled
      Max. Clients = 100
      Isolation per AP = Disabled
      Isolation across AP = Disabled
      Zero-IT Activation = Disabled
      Priority = High
      Load Balancing = Disabled
      Band Balancing = Disabled
      Dynamic PSK = Disabled
      Rate Limiting Uplink = Disabled
      Rate Limiting Downlink = Disabled
      Auto-Proxy configuration:
        Status = Disabled
      Inactivity Timeout:
          Status = Enabled
          Timeout = 1 Minutes
      VLAN-ID = 1
      Dynamic VLAN = Disabled
      Closed System = Disabled
      Https Redirection = Disabled
      OFDM-Only State = Disabled
      Multicast Filter State = Disabled
      802.11d State = Enabled
      Force DHCP State = Disabled
      Force DHCP Timeout = 10
      DHCP Option82:
          Status = Disabled
          Option82 sub-Option1 = Disabled
          Option82 sub-Option2 = Disabled
          Option82 sub-Option150 = Disabled
          Option82 sub-Option151 = Disabled
      Ignore unauthorized client statistic = Disabled
      STA Info Extraction State = Enabled
      BSS Minrate = Disabled
      Call Admission Control State = Disabled
      PMK Cache Timeout= 720 minutes
      PMK Cache for Reconnect= Enabled
      NAS-ID Type= wlan-bssid
      Roaming Acct-Interim-Update= Disabled
      PAP Message Authenticator = Enabled
      Send EAP-Failure = Disabled
      L2/MAC = No ACLS
      L3/L4/IP Address = No ACLS
      L3/L4/IPv6 Address = No ACLS
      Precedence = Default
      Proxy ARP = Disabled
      Device Policy = No ACLS
      Vlan Pool = No Pools
      Role based Access Control Policy = Disabled
      SmartRoam = Enabled  Roam-factor = 3
      White List = No ACLS
      Application Visibility = disabled
      Apply Policy Group = No_Denys
ruckus#

Hope this helps..!!!

Regards,
Abilash PR.

Re: Does Ruckus Unleased fully support 802.11r, 802.11k and 802.11v for best iPhone roaming experience?

nat_nat — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 02:29:06 GMT

SmartRoam+ (part of 802.11v) is enabled within the code. So, no need to enable anything separately for SmartRoam+ to work - which prevents "sticky" clients issue.

Re: Does Ruckus Unleased fully support 802.11r, 802.11k and 802.11v for best iPhone roaming experience?

daniel_m — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 22:51:35 GMT

So you’re saying even though SmartRoam shows as Disabled in the CLI it’s actually enabled?

Re: Does Ruckus Unleased fully support 802.11r, 802.11k and 802.11v for best iPhone roaming experience?

abilash_p_r — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 23:20:07 GMT

Hi Daniel,

Below is the snippet from 9.9 What's New Document, this feature was introduced in 9.9 and integrated to Unleashed.

9. SmartRoam+

To reduce the battery usage, after associating with an Access Point (AP), mobile devices like Apple’s iPhone and iPad do not scan the environment even though the user may have moved far away from originally associated AP. This would result in poor end user experience.

To solve the above mentioned client stickiness issue the SmartRoam feature was introduced wherein the AP would send ‘dis-associate’ frame to client device which will disconnect the client device. This triggers the client device to find better alternate AP.

SmartRoam+ feature of ZF 9.9 further enhances the Ruckus’ SmartRoam in order to provide better quality of experience for the end user. After associating with an AP if user moves far away from initially connected AP, then the AP will send a BSS Transmission message (part of 802.11v) to the client device. This triggers the client device to start the scanning process to find an AP that can provide better service. The client device scans the environment using the filtered AP neighbor list (part of 802.11k) provided by the original AP. While the client device is scanning the environment it continues to stay connected to the original AP.

After client device chooses a specific AP to connect to it uses 802.11r for faster transition by re-using previously-established 802.1x security keys.

Customer Benefits

Client device roams seamlessly and rapidly
End user will have higher quality of experience
Client device saves battery from not having to scan all the APs and channels

https://support.ruckuswireless.com/documents/570-zoneflex-9-9-ga-what-s-new

Sorry, I have wrongly interpreted in my previous post.

Regards,
Abilash PR.

Re: Does Ruckus Unleased fully support 802.11r, 802.11k and 802.11v for best iPhone roaming experience?

abilash_p_r — Sat, 22 Jul 2017 04:26:18 GMT

Hi All,

To check if BTM (802.11v) is enabled please use the below command.

"get bss-trans-mgmt wlanid"

Example:

rkscli: get bss-trans-mgmt wlan33
BSS Transition Management:Enabled
OK

To confirm if the clients are 802.11v capable use the below command, in which BTM value should be '1'.

"get station wlanid info"

Example:

rkscli: get station wlan33 info
MAC Addr          AID Rate RSSI VLAN Idle ERP State Flags RecvSigStrength BTM
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
xx:xx:xx:xx:54:4c   1   6M   46    1    0   0  a02b     0             -59 1
xx:xx:xx:xx:43:fc   2   6M   29    1    0   0 4a02b     0             -76 1
OK

Regards,
Abilash PR.

Re: Does Ruckus Unleased fully support 802.11r, 802.11k and 802.11v for best iPhone roaming experience?

paul_blowers — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 19:49:53 GMT

I see smartroam is on unleashed for the r500 but is smartroam+ enabled on unleashed for the r500? The CLI command doesn't work on unleashed.

Re: Does Ruckus Unleased fully support 802.11r, 802.11k and 802.11v for best iPhone roaming experience?

paul_blowers — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 19:51:19 GMT

Is 802.11v enabled by default on unleashed on r500

Re: Does Ruckus Unleased fully support 802.11r, 802.11k and 802.11v for best iPhone roaming experience?

sudershan_gupta — Sun, 13 Sep 2020 20:40:18 GMT

do I need to enable smart roam in all AP.s or just master?

Re: Does Ruckus Unleased fully support 802.11r, 802.11k and 802.11v for best iPhone roaming experience?

tony_heung — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 09:07:41 GMT

Enable smart roam is applied to the WLAN level, not AP level, and thus once enabled on the master, it would be applied to all member APs broadcasting this SSID.

Re: Does Ruckus Unleased fully support 802.11r, 802.11k and 802.11v for best iPhone roaming experience?

sudershan_gupta — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 12:51:28 GMT

Do I have to enable other settings like disable multicast and dhcp or enabling smart roam is good enough?

Re: Does Ruckus Unleased fully support 802.11r, 802.11k and 802.11v for best iPhone roaming experience?

tony_heung — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 15:36:27 GMT

This is my home setup on top of enabling Smart Roam with parameter 3 as well as enable ofdm-only. Every network is different and also dependant on your end user devices support, you can do fine tuning from all the configuration changes you can make from the WebUI and the CLI.

Re: Does Ruckus Unleased fully support 802.11r, 802.11k and 802.11v for best iPhone roaming experience?

sudershan_gupta — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 16:03:59 GMT

Thanks Tony.
I am doing this in Unleashed using CLI.

What commands in CLI can I use to enable band, load balancing as well as Fast BSS? or are there other settings to play with. I have 4 inside AP's R610 and one external T710.

Re: Does Ruckus Unleased fully support 802.11r, 802.11k and 802.11v for best iPhone roaming experience?

tony_heung — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 19:13:19 GMT

ruckus(config-wlan)# 
  band-balancing       Enables load balancing.
  load-balancing       Enables load balancing.
  ft-roaming           Enables FT Roaming.

Re: Does Ruckus Unleased fully support 802.11r, 802.11k and 802.11v for best iPhone roaming experience?

sudershan_gupta — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 20:15:13 GMT

All done. Thanks Tony.

Question is, are these changes sufficient for fast roaming, smart roaming between the AP's in the house regarding moving between the AP's without dropping?

What about (1) turn off directed dhcp (2) turn off directed multicast? Does that help or not needed with what we already did?

Re: Does Ruckus Unleased fully support 802.11r, 802.11k and 802.11v for best iPhone roaming experience?

tony_heung — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 21:01:15 GMT

These are all the settings I have done in my home setup, and the performance and roaming experience is excellent. For the other two suggestions you made, I leave it for other forum users to comment as my home network is not heavy on gaming or multicast-based iptv.

Re: Does Ruckus Unleased fully support 802.11r, 802.11k and 802.11v for best iPhone roaming experience?

sudershan_gupta — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 22:26:05 GMT

Thanks Tony.

Waiting for others to pitch in and let me know what settings we can play with for best Ruckus experience.

Re: Does Ruckus Unleased fully support 802.11r, 802.11k and 802.11v for best iPhone roaming experience?

sudershan_gupta — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 22:57:20 GMT

May be a different topic but what's the benefit of R610 having injected power vs just POE?