What to Do Next
Enabling Short Slot Time for 802.11g Radios
You can increase throughput on the 802.11g 2.4-GHz radio by enabling short slot time. Reducing the slot
time from the standard 20 microseconds to the 9-microsecond short slot time decreases the overall backoff,
which increases throughput. Backoff, which is a multiple of the slot time, is the random length of time that a
station waits before sending a packet on the LAN.
Many 802.11g radios support short slot time, but some do not. When you enable short slot time, the wireless
device uses the short slot time only when all clients associated to the 802.11g 2.4-GHz radio support short
slot time.
Short slot time is supported only on the 802.11g 2.4-GHz radio. Short slot time is disabled by default.
In radio interface mode, enter the short-slot-time command to enable short slot time:
ap(config-if)# short-slot-time
Use the no form of the short-slot-time command to disable short slot time.
Performing a Carrier Busy Test
You can perform a carrier busy test to check the radio activity on wireless channels. During the carrier busy
test, the wireless device drops all associations with wireless networking devices for 4 seconds while it conducts
the carrier test and then displays the test results.
In privileged EXEC mode, enter this command to perform a carrier busy test:
dot11 interface-number carrier busy
For interface-number, enter dot11radio 0 to run the test on the 2.4-GHz radio
Use the show dot11 carrier busy command to redisplay the carrier busy test results.
Configuring VoIP Packet Handling
You can improve the quality of VoIP packet handling per radio on access points by enhancing 802.11 MAC
behavior for lower latency for the class of service (CoS) 5 (Video) and CoS 6 (Voice) user priorities.
To configure VoIP packet handling on an access point, follow these steps:
1
Using a browser, log in to the access point.
2
Click Services in the task menu on the left side of the web-browser interface.
3
When the list of Services expands, click Stream.
The Stream page appears.
4
Click the tab for the radio to configure.
5
For both CoS 5 (Video) and CoS 6 (Voice) user priorities, choose Low Latency from the Packet Handling
drop-down menu, and enter a value for maximum retries for packet discard in the corresponding field.
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Configuring Wireless Devices
Enabling Short Slot Time for 802.11g Radios
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