WLAN Changes That Reset The Radio
WLAN Configuration Changes
Some WLAN configuration changes require the radio to be reset. During this time, clients on the affected APs will be deauthenticated (disconnected from the WLAN), for the minute or two it takes the radio to reset with the new configuration.
The table below shows the WLAN settings that will automatically reset the radio for the given radio band.
| Change | Effect on Radio |
|---|---|
| SSID (WLAN name) | Reset (all SSIDs broadcast on the AP) |
| Selecting specific radio | Reset |
| Data rate | Reset |
| Broadcast AP name | Reset |
| Wi-Fi protocols | Reset |
| Selecting different authentication methods | Reset |
|
Changing shared keys |
Reset |
| Adding, deleting, modifying RADIUS Authentication, Accounting, CoA Servers | Reset |
| Multimedia extensions | Reset |
| Fast roaming | Reset |
| Guest portal changes | Reset |
| WLAN Rate Limit | No Reset |
| Band steering | No Reset |
| Client Inactivity | No Reset |
| Geofence | No Reset |
| Filtering | No Reset |
| DTIM period | No Reset |
| SSID scheduling | No Reset |
| QoS priority | No Reset |
| Prohibiting peer to peer communication | No Reset |
| Application QoS | No Reset |
| Bonjour gateway | No Reset |