Understanding Turning a Radio Off

Radios on the access point are enabled by default. You can disable a radio in its configuration. Disabling an active radio causes the access point to broadcast a deauthentication message to connected wireless clients. This action triggers the clients to start authentication and association processes immediately with other available access points.

Any virtual access point configured for the radio is not visible to wireless clients until the radio is enabled again.

Related Topics

• Junos OS CLI Reference. See the radio-off statement summary in the wlan Hierarchy and Statements.
• Junos OS J-Web Help. In the J-Web user interface, select Configure>Wireless LAN>Settings and click Help.
• Understanding Access Point Shutdown