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On 4 Jan 2012, at 16:23, Swanson, Andrew wrote:

> hello - we have a new-ish campus with 802.11a/n wireless deployment with channel bonding. the deployment (cisco) is currently using the default dynamic channel assignment channels in the 5ghz range:
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> 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64
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> the AP deployment is high density and we're looking to enable the extended UNII-2 channels in the 5ghz range:
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> 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140
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> Cisco has published an FCC update (for usa/canada) stating that to use the UNII-2 channels, your equipment must support dynamic frequency selection so that if the WLAN detects radar signals (military/weather etc) using the same channels, it will switch the APs to use other channels. our wireless equipment does support DFS/TPC
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> our campus is about 4 km from a busy airport so we're looking for any advice on what UK laws/regulations are regarding using UNII-2 channels near airports?
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I forgot to mention, if you set your country code to GB on the wireless controllers, the Cisco APs will automatically obey the ETSI channel regulations (i.e. not let you select channels which aren't permitted by ETSI regulations).


Scott