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Is there a way in the ZD1200 web interface that I can assign a particular AP to a particular client?

peter_w_9h7tcet — Mon, 18 May 2020 14:44:12 GMT

Pretty much as the title says, Is there a way in the ZD1200 web interface that I can assign a particular AP to a particular client?

Reason is the cam is clinging to an AP that it's unreliable with and when I disconnect this AP it has a beautiful relationship with another AP. Both are R720s.

Re: Is there a way in the ZD1200 web interface that I can assign a particular AP to a particular client?

andrea_coppini — Mon, 18 May 2020 14:47:46 GMT

The choice of AP is exclusively a client decision. There are some features which can 'nudge' the client to another AP, but there is no official way for the AP to tell the client to use a specific AP.

The proper way to do what you're after is to create a separate SSID for the camera and enable it only on the AP you want the camera to connect to.

Re: Is there a way in the ZD1200 web interface that I can assign a particular AP to a particular client?

peter_w_9h7tcet — Mon, 18 May 2020 14:58:44 GMT

Not a great solution as this AP serves a number of clients and (including another IP cam) and I want a tidy seamless WIFI environment with one SSID. It would be a handy feature if you could block a specific client on a specific AP via the ZD. Perhaps something for Ruckus to consider in a future firmware upgrade? Along with being able to label clients with fixed IPs, so we know which cam is where. This would give provide some really handy functionality.

Re: Is there a way in the ZD1200 web interface that I can assign a particular AP to a particular client?

michael_brado — Wed, 20 May 2020 17:53:51 GMT

Hm, do the camera's allow you to access them and configure with a static IP outside your DHCP server's lease range?

Re: Is there a way in the ZD1200 web interface that I can assign a particular AP to a particular client?

peter_w_9h7tcet — Thu, 21 May 2020 17:37:15 GMT

Yes. They get allocated a static IP on set up. There is no manual control over this though. Once connected up to power it is impossible to reset the static IP.