Access Point Settings

Vocera requires specific access point settings and configuration recommendations to optimize wireless communication in your environment.

The following table displays the AP settings required for Vocera.

AP Feature	Setting
Beacon Interval	The typical default beacon interval is 100 milliseconds. For more information, refer to Beacon and Delivery Traffic Indication Map Intervals.
DTIM Interval	The default DTIM interval is 1. For more information, refer to Beacon and Delivery Traffic Indication Map Intervals.
Data Rates	Enable data rate as per the requirement of your site. For more information, refer to Data Rates.
SSID	Vocera recommends no more that 5 SSIDs. For more information, refer to SSID.
Security Settings	Vocera devices support many security types. For more information, refer to Security.
Peer-To-Peer Communication	For Vocera devices to work properly set the value to enabled on the access point or on the WLAN controller. For more information, refer to Peer-To-Peer Communication.
Encryption	Vocera supports many encryption types. For more information, refer to Authentication Overview for the best performance.
Channel Utilization	Radio Channel Utilization should be consistently less than 30%. For more information, refer to Channel Utilization.
Channel Width	The channel width used are as follows: For B3000n badge 2.4GHz—20 Mhz 5 GHz—20Mhz or 40Mhz For V5000 Smartbadge 5 GHz—20MHz, 40MHz, or 80MHz For C1000 Minibadge 5 GHz—20MHz, 40MHz, or 80MHz Vocera recommends 20 MHz.