Recommendation | Required | Recommended But Not Required |
|---|---|---|
Set delivery traffic indication message (DTIM) interval to 1.
Note: A value of 2 is also acceptable for certain deployments depending on the voice application (and other voice related aspects such as Push-to-Talk), as well as on the potentially mixed types of devices sharing the same SSID, the battery life of each type, and the Power Save configuration of each client product. | ✓ | |
Create a dedicated user role on Aruba for voice devices, according to application deployment needs. Create a session access control list (ACL) and place the voice protocols in the prioritized high queue. | ✓ | |
Broadcast Filtering set to All or address resolution protocol (ARP). | ✓ | |
Disable Dot1x Termination. | ✓ | |
Set Probe Retry to its default Enable. | ✓ | |
Set Max Tx Failure to its default Disable (max-tx-fail=0). | ✓ | |
Enable 802.11d/h. | ✓ | |
Enable Mcast-rate-opt (needed for multicast to go at highest rate). | ✓ | |
Beacon-rate set with a rate that is also basic-rate. | ✓ | |
Set Local Probe Request Threshold to its default of 0 (disable). | ✓ | |
Disable Band Steering. | ✓ | |
Enable voice Aware Scan and ensure voice traffic of the given ACL definition (of the deployed App) is detected on the controller. | ✓ | |
Disable 80 MHz support. | ✓ |
