Vocera Recommendations for Cisco CAPWAP

Learn the settings and recommend values for Cisco CAPWAP.

Table 1. Cisco Settings
Setting	Recommended Value
RRM – Dynamic Channel Assignment	OK - Interval should be more than 8 hours (typical duration of one nursing shift)
RRM – Dynamic Transmit Power Control	Enabled if honoring the maximum and minimum transmit power levels
Transmit Power Threshold	Adjust to fit site
Coverage Hole	Disabled - If Coverage Hole Detection is necessary, enable it with the following settings: Set Voice RSSI (-60 to -90 dBm) to -70 Set Min Failed Client Count per AP to 12
Aggressive Load Balancing	Disabled
Multicast Mode	Multicast, Direct Disable Mobility Multicast Messaging if multicast is not properly enabled in network (causes one-way audio or no audio)
Multicast Tx Data Rate	Highest data rate Only have one Mandatory rate, fit to site.
Unicast-ARP	Disabled
WMM	B3000n: Enabled B3000: Disabled Smartphone clients: Enabled
U-APSD	B3000n: Enabled B3000: Disabled Smartphone clients: Enabled
DHCP Address Assignment	Disabled
Symmetric Mobility Tunneling	Enabled
Priority Queue	Platinum
Client Load Balancing	Disabled
Band Select	Disabled
CCKM	Enabled
Frame Aggregation	Disabled on transmit or receive for Traffic ID 6 (voice) and 7 (network control)
Encryption	Avoid WEP and TKIP