Rebeamforming is a process by which the beam that forms a wireless connection between two devices is reformed. The default behavior for Altowav devices is to periodically reform beams every four hours, regardless of the quality of the beam.
With AltoCommand, you can disable periodic rebeamforming and use an automated rebeamforming mechanism instead. With automated rebeamforming, AltoCommand performs rebeamforming based on configured MCS threshold values.
Beamform threshold settings are only available for AltoPlex devices. This feature is not available for K60 devices.
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Open the AltoCommand WebUI:
In your browser's address bar, type:
https://hostname
where hostname is the fully qualified domain name of the AltoCommand server.
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Log into the WebUI as a user with admin privileges.
The default username is admin
The default password is admin
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Click Settings > Incidents & Actions.
The Incidents & Actions page displays.
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If the configured MCS settings for DN and CN links are appropriate for your network, in the Beamform DN Selection pane, enable automated rebeamforming by clicking the checkbox at the end of the row for each applicable device.
- To configure MCS settings for DN and CN links:
- In the Beamform Settings pane, set the Threshold for both DN to DN and DN to CN links.
The MCS threshold value represents the average weighted MCS, sampled every 60 seconds, over a period of one hour.
- When a wireless connection is performing above the configured MCS threshold value, rebeamforming will not be performed.
- When the connection falls below the configured threshold, rebeamforming will be performed automatically.
- After a link is reformed, AltoCommand will wait two hours to rebeamform again, regardless of the quality of the link.
- To disable beamform settings for a particular type of link, toggle off Enable for either DN-DN or DN-CN links, or both.
- In the Beamform Settings pane, set the Threshold for both DN to DN and DN to CN links.
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Troubleshooting rebeamforming issues
If a wireless connection is regularly being rebeamformed by the automated rebeamform feature, the line of sight between the two devices should be inspected to determine if there are any physical obstructions that may be causing the link to have poor performance. Alternatively, you can disable automated rebeamforming on devices with problematic links; however, this will reenable the device's periodic rebeamforming.