Specifications

Wireless LAN Configuration 281
Chapter 13
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OTE—Note: These parameters affect all APs in the network, unless a more
specific configuration applies. Configuration in this section corresponds to
the CLI configuration for “ap location 0.0.0”.
Available parameters are:
RTS Threshold – Wireless clients transmitting frames larger than this
threshold will issue Request to Send (RTS) and wait for the AP to respond
with Clear to Send (CTS). This helps prevent mid-air collisions for wireless
clients that are not within wireless peer range and cannot detect when other
wireless clients are transmitting. An Alcatel network normally consists of a
larger number of APs with a smaller footprint, reducing the likelihood of this
“hidden node” problem. The default is 2333 bytes.
Ageout – Specifies the amount of time a client is allowed to remain idle before
being aged out. The default is 1000 seconds.
Hide SSID – Enables or disables hiding of the SSID name in beacon frames.
Note that hiding the SSID does very little to increase security.
Deny Broadcast – When a client sends a broadcast probe-request frame to
search for all available SSIDs, this option controls whether or not the system
will respond for this SSID. When enabled, no response will be sent – clients
will have to know the SSID in order to associate. When disabled, a
probe-response frame will be sent for this SSID.
Max Retries – Specifies the maximum number of retries allowed for the AP to
send a frame. The recommended range is between 3 and 7. The default is 3.
DTIM Period – Specifies the interval between sending DTIMs in the beacon.
This is the maximum number of beacon cycles before unacknowledged
network broadcasts are flushed. When using wireless clients that employ
power management features to sleep, the client must revive at least once
during the DTIM period to received broadcasts. The default is 2.
Max Clients – Specifies the maximum number of wireless clients for a radio
on an AP. The default is 0, but is set to 64 if the initial setup dialog is used to
configure the switch.
Beacon Period – Specifies the time between successive beacons being
transmitted. The default is 100 ms.
Initial Radio State – Used to enable or disable the radio.
Mode – Specifies whether the AP should act as an access point or an air
monitor. The default is AP.