Configure an AP for Survey Mode

To plan where to deploy your access points (APs), onboard one AP and enable site survey mode so that you can use this AP to test wireless coverage throughout your site.

1. Claim your AP and assign it to a site.See Claim a Juniper AP and Assign APs to Sites.
2. Power on your AP. Ensure that the AP has connectivity to the Juniper Mist cloud so that the configurations can be pushed to the AP.
3. Ensure that AP configuration persistence is enabled and AP uplink monitoring is disabled:
   1. From the left menu of the Juniper Mist portal, select Organization > Site Configuration.
      The Site Configuration page appears.
   2. Click a site.
   3. Scroll down to the AP Config Persistence section of the page and ensure that you've selected the AP Config Persistence check box. Additionally, ensure that you cleared the AP Uplink Monitoring check box in the AP Uplink Monitoring section.
      

      The AP stores the complete configuration if AP configuration persistence is enabled for your site. When the AP is unable to connect to the Juniper Mist cloud, the AP can reboot from this stored configuration and continue to transmit beacons.

      When AP uplink monitoring is enabled, the AP broadcasts the service set identifier (SSID) only if an Ethernet link is present. When you operate the AP in survey mode, you connect the AP only to a portable power source such as a Power over Ethernet (PoE) injector or a battery pack. Without a connection to a switch, the AP lacks an Ethernet link. You must disable AP uplink monitoring to ensure that in survey mode, the AP can broadcast the SSID.

4. Create a WLAN.
   1. From the left menu of the Juniper Mist portal, select Site > WLANs.
      The WLANS page appears.
   2. Click Add WLAN.
   3. Configure the WLAN settings. See WLAN Options.
   4. (Optional) Navigate to the WLAN Status section and enable Broadcast AP name. This setting enables you to view the name of the AP in third-party Wi-Fi tools.
      
   5. Click Create.
5. Configure the power and channel settings for your AP:
   1. From the left menu of the Juniper Mist portal, select Access Points.
      The Access Points page appears.
   2. Click an AP.
   3. Configure the power and channel settings for your AP.
   4. Click Save.