6 GHz Low Power Indoor AP Support for EU and United Kingdom

6 GHz Low Power Indoor AP Support for EU and United Kingdom

From IOS XE Release 17.12, IW9167I can work in Low Power Indoor (LPI) mode for EU and United Kingdom.


Note

Only IW9167IH-E and IW9167IH-ROW (GB) can be configured as an indoor AP.

The IW91767IH-E and IW9167IH-ROW(GB) in LPI mode supporst only the U-NII-5 sub channel lists (5925MHz - 6425MHz) in the Wi-Fi 6E band.

For more information about Wi-Fi 6E band, see Wi-Fi 6E: The Next Great Chapter in Wi-Fi White Paper.

Enable 6 GHz Low Power Indoor Mode

To enable IW9167I 6 GHz LPI mode, use the following procedure on the wireless controller.

Procedure

Step 1

Ensure that the access point PID is either IW9167IH-E or IW9167IH-ROW (GB):

#show ap summary
Number of APs: 2
CC = Country Code
RD = Regulatory Domain
AP NameSlots            AP Model          Ethernet MAC    Radio MAC         CC   RD  IP
Address     State   Location
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
APFC58.9A17.0F14 3 IW9167IH-E     fc58.9a17.0f14    fc58.9a17.11a0 DE   -E
192.168.57.102 Registered default location

APFC58.9A17.E640 3 IW9167IH-E     fc58.9a17.e640   fc58.9a17.ec00 DE   -E
192.168.57.101 Registered default location

Step 2

Configure the AP to indoor mode, see Enable Indoor Mode.

Step 3

Configure 6 GHz Radio:

controller#ap name APFC58.9A17.0F14 no dot11 6ghz slot 2 shutdown

Note

 

Run the controller#ap name <ap_name> dot11 6ghz slot 2 shutdown command to shut down 6 GHz radio.

Step 4

Configure 6 GHz radio channel:

#ap name APFC58.9A17.0F94 dot11 6ghz slot 2 channel 33

Step 5

Configure 6 GHz radio channel width:

controller#ap name APFC58.9A17.0F94 dot11 6ghz slot 2 channel width 80

Verify 6 GHz Low Power Indoor

  • To verify the 6 GHz LPI configuration, use the show ap dot11 6ghz summary command on the wireless controller: 

    controller#show ap dot11 6ghz summary
* global assignment

AP Name                           Mac Address     Slot    Admin State    Oper State    Width    Txpwr           Channel                             Mode
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
APFC58.9A17.0F14                  fc58.9a17.11a0  2       Enabled        Up            80       1/8 (17 dBm)    (33,37,41,45)                                LOCAL

  • To view the supported U-NII-5 sub channel lists in LPI mode within the Wi-Fi 6E band, use the show controllers dot11Radio 2 frequency command on the AP: 

    AP#show controllers dot11Radio 2 frequency
Configured Frequency: 6115Mhz Channel: 33 20MHz
Serving Frequency: 6115Mhz Channel: 33 20MHz
Allowed Frequency:
          5955MHz(  1)  5975MHz(  5)  5995MHz(  9)  6015MHz( 13)  6035MHz( 17)
6055MHz( 21)  6075MHz( 25)  6095MHz( 29)
          6115MHz( 33)  6135MHz( 37)  6155MHz( 41)  6175MHz( 45)  6195MHz( 49)
6215MHz( 53)  6235MHz( 57)  6255MHz( 61)
          6275MHz( 65)  6295MHz( 69)  6315MHz( 73)  6335MHz( 77)  6355MHz( 81)
6375MHz( 85)  6395MHz( 89)  6415MHz( 93)

For more configuration commands of Wi-Fi 6E band operation, see Configure and Verify Wi-Fi 6E Band Operations and Client Connectivity.