SmartSelect vs specific channel for 7982

[edward_chin_691]

Hi. I have the Ruckus 7982 set with SmartSelect for the channel. I notice that it uses channels that are not necessarily the recommended 1,6,11. For example, at this very moment, its using channel 3. My office is in a building with many other wireless networks all using either 1,6 or 11. Is it still a good practice to still set to SmartSelect? Or should i override and specify either 1,6 or 11?

Also, I have a separate netgear access point that i just have one as a separate SSID which i've been using as a backup since i was still evaluating the Ruckus access point. Is it a better practice going forward to sync the SSID name to be the same?

thanks

[michael_brado]

I am investigating further too, with 100.0.x and a 9.8.2.0.15 AP, will report back, thanks.

[primoz_marinsek]

I think it's the other way around. It's either static channel or ChannelFly but not BG.

[john_d]

I remember being able to turn on BG scanning on standalone 9.8.0 with the CLI before. I don't exactly remember the command.

[monnat_systems]

I noticed that use of channelfly in smart select with standalone AP starting 9.3 version and even today some of the AP's which i have running 9.3 + so i think erred somewhere or something changed somewhere which went un-noticed..

[michael_brado]

Yes, standalone AP SmartSelect has been using ChannelFly behavior. However, 7731 PtP bridges, which look like a standalone AP, appear to not follow this, and I've filed an ER with engineering to address the 7731 behavior.