[NEBULA] How to configure smart steering to optimize the wireless network?

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Sometimes, the client sticks on the AP which has lower signal. To avoid client with long idle time or weak RSSI dragging the Wi-Fi connectivity. Nebula helps user to optimize the wireless network by monitor wireless clients and drop their connections when the clients are idle or have a low signal. The client has opportunity to steer to an AP with strong signal after dropped. Additionally, the wireless clients have dual band can also steer from one band to another. Configure Smart steering at Configure > Access Point > Radio settings to achieve it.

Following the steps:

1.     Enable Smart Steering.

2.     Click ADVANCED OPTIONS, the default value is shown as below. Disassociate Station Threshold is the minimum kick-off signal strength, AP disconnects the wireless client when its signal is lower than the threshold. You could adjust the value based on the real signal strength monitoring. The appropriate value is the real signal strength with buffer 10dBm. The client’s signal strength can be monitored at Clients after client connected to AP.

3.     Optimization aggressiveness option that supported on specific models provides different traffic rate threshold levels when the Nebula Device takes action to improve the access point’s WiFi network performance. The Nebula Device will postpone the actions implemented on access points until your network is less busy if the threshold is exceeded. 

You can select a suitable traffic rate threshold level for your network.

High: Select this if you want the Nebula Device to postpone the action set when the access point network traffic is heavy.

Standard: Select this if you want the Nebula Device to postpone the action set when the access point network traffic is medium.

Low: Select this if you want the Nebula Device to postpone the action set when the access point network traffic is low.

- Additionally, Nebula Pro provides user to set the smart steering per APs. Select the specific AP then click Edit to configure the smart steering entries. Both 2.4GHz and 5GHz radio can be configurable.