Ruckus Networks

Vendor specific WLAN settings and best practices that apply to the Ruckus access points are listed in this topic.

Setting	Recommended Value
Authentication/Encryption	WPA2/AES (802.11i)
Band steering, load balancing	Disable
Controller Code	Latest from Ruckus
Directed-Multicast and Broadcast	Turn off conversion of broadcast and multicast to unicast on the WLAN interface using the following commands: ruckus(config-wlan) # no qos directed-multicast ruckus(config-wlan) # qos directed-threshold 0 Note: Both the commands are required. Issuing only the first command causes audio issues during Vocera Broadcasts.
DHCP	Enable
Hiding SSID in Beacons	Not recommended
Inactivity Timeout	720 (12 hrs)
Mesh	Disable
Minimum BSS Rate	Depends on AP density
Power Level	2.4 GHz—25 mW 5 GHz—50 mW
Proxy ARP and ARP Broadcast Filter	Enable
Smart-Roam	Disable
VLAN	Dedicated non-native VLAN
Wireless Client Isolation	Disable
WLAN Background Scanning	Disable