Band steering settings lost after AP reboot

That one is hard to answer.

What makes you think they aren't?

for example before AP reboot:

---- Command 'rkscli -c "get band-steering "' executed at 2c:e6:cc:2a:96:f0
Band Steering:
Under Mesh AP : On

reboot:
---- Command 'rkscli -c "reboot "' executed at 2c:e6:cc:2a:96:f0

after reboot:
---- Command 'rkscli -c "get band-steering "' executed at 2c:e6:cc:2a:96:f0
Band Steering:
Under Mesh AP : Off

If this is on a standalone AP, upgrade - we had some bugs around that in earlier code. 9.6.2 should fix it.

However, you may just be experiencing some UI confusion. If the RSSI is set to what you want - it's on. (the "under Mesh AP" stuff doesn't mean what you think it means..) We're going to change that in future releases to be more clear.

OK, Thanks

Did you configure this setting from the contoller?
It is possibe to configure a controlled AP directly from the AP's commandline but AFAIK: no setting changes made in this way will survive a reboot.

One way to doublecheck this band-steering behavior:
Use inSSIDer (on a computer w/ a dual-band WiFi card) to look at signal-strength levels.
If band-steering is on, when you're close to the AP, you may (should?) see a very strong signal reported on the 2.4Ghz side but with "gaps"/delays in the signal-strength report.

(In the graph, this would look like a "Broken line" or a line that's not drawn in as quickly as the 5Ghz signal strength report)

I tried both ZD remote_ap_cli and AP directly with same result. Is there another method?

I will try your method with inSSIDer to check band steering.

Thanks for the info.

Hmm.. Let's see...

If you're using a ZoneDirector, Band Steering is on by default.
..unless the AP is making use of the mesh feature.

To turn on band steering for a *meshed* AP, use the command:
set band-steering mesh-ap enable
as-per: https://forums.ruckuswireless.com/ruc...
(which changes that misleading "on/off" entry you were looking at)

note: You probably don't want to do that (mesh-ap enable) because your mesh connection will be on the 5Ghz radio and you don't want that band congested w/ client traffic.
You might want to take all SSIDs off of the 5Ghz radio on a meshed AP.

Culling + combining information from a few threads here:
https://forums.ruckuswireless.com/ruc...
https://forums.ruckuswireless.com/ruc...
https://support.ruckuswireless.com/an...

Gives us the following info:

To get/set band steering:
remote_api_cli -A "get band-steering "
remote_api_cli -A "set band-steering [ mesh-ap {enable|disable} ] "
(sorry if that "set" command is too long to display on a single line)

To turn band-steering off, use an "rssi_threshold" of "0".

By the way, I'm not able to find this command on my system:
set withholding-limit "
But it's supposed to have an effect on band-steering too.

OK, Thanks for the info!