RF Optimisation in dense Lab deployments 6.X
Disabling channel bonding on your controller's APs and interfering APs. When AP's are too many and too close together as often happens in LAB situations, it can help to encourage APs being managed by other controllers as well as configuring your own to disable channel bonding on your 2.4 and 5 GHz radios. See the following radio profile changes that disable channel bonding on your controller and arm profile changes that encourage neighbouring APs to discontinue the use of channel bonding. This request to have neighbouring APs disable channel bonding may not be honoured, but ArubaOS by default will honour these types of requests. Since in your lab most of the neighbouring APs are being managed by Aruba Controllers, this make more channels free for your APs to choose from. Note: it is a good idea to keep a minimum distance of at least 10 feet between APs. There is a certain amount of interference between radios even if they are running on 5GHz but different channels