Specifications

Access Point Setup 463
Chapter 21
Order of Precedence for Profile Attributes
Channel and Transmit Power
Settings for the AP channel and transmit power attributes are obtained using
the following priorities (highest to lowest):
Matching BSSID specific profile
Matching location specific profile (exact match, without any
wildcards)
Results of a site survey stored in the WMS database.
Result from initial AP placement configuration in the WMS data-
base.
Hierarchical lookup to find the closest match between the AP
location and profile.
Mode
The AP can operate in three modes:
z ap - Operating as an access point for wireless clients
z am - Operating as a dedicated air monitor
z apm - Operating as an air monitor which can transition to an access point if
a neighboring AP goes down
The setting for the AP mode is obtained using the following priorities (highest
to lowest):
1
2
3
4
5