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Cisco IOS Software Configuration Guide for Cisco Aironet Access Points
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Chapter 4 Configuring the Access Point for the First Time
Assigning Basic Settings
• Role in Radio Network—Click the button that describes the role of the wireless device on your
network. Select Access Point (Root) if the wireless device is connected to the wired LAN. Select
Repeater (Non-Root) if it is not connected to the wired LAN.The only role supported on the Airlink
is root.
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Access Point—A root device; accepts associations from clients and bridges wireless traffic
from the clients to the wireless LAN. This setting can be applied to any access point.
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Repeater—A non-root device; accepts associations from clients and bridges wireless traffic
from the clients to root access point connected to the wireless LAN. This setting can be applied
to any access point.
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Root Bridge—Establishes a link with a non-root bridge. In this mode, the device also accepts
associations from clients. This setting is available only for the 1240 series access point.
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Non-Root Bridge—In this mode, the device establishes a link with a root bridge. This setting
is available only for the 1240 series access point.
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Install Mode—Places the 1300 series access point/bridge in auto installation mode so you can
align and adjust a bridge link for optimum efficiency.
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Workgroup Bridge—In the Workgroup bridge mode, the access point functions as a client
device that associates with a Cisco Aironet access point or bridge. A workgroup bridge can have
a maximum of 254 clients, presuming that no other wireless clients are associated to the root
bridge or access point. This setting is available for the 1040 and 1300 series access points.
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Universal Workgroup Bridge—Configures the access point as a workgroup bridge capable of
associating with non-Cisco access points. This setting is available on 1130, and 1240 series
access points and 1300 series access point/bridges.
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Client MAC:—The Ethernet MAC address of the client connected to the universal workgroup
bridge. This field appears only in the universal workgroup bridge mode.
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Scanner—Functions as a network monitoring device. In the Scanner mode, the access point
does not accept associations from clients. It continuously scans and reports wireless traffic it
detects from other wireless devices on the wireless LAN. All access points can be configured
as a scanner.
• Optimize Radio Network for—Use this setting to select either preconfigured settings for the
wireless device radio or customized settings for the wireless device radio.
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Throughput—Maximizes the data volume handled by the wireless device, but might reduce its
range.
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Range—Maximizes the wireless device range but might reduce throughput.
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Default—Sets the default values for the access point.
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Custom—The wireless device uses the settings you enter on the Network Interfaces. Clicking
Custom takes you to the Network Interfaces:
Radio-802.11b Settings page.
Radio-802.11b Settings page.
Radio-802.11n Settings page (1250 and 1260).
Radio-802.11n Settings page (1250 and 1260)
• Aironet Extensions—Enable this setting if there are only Cisco Aironetwireless devices on your
wireless LAN.
• Channel—The default channel setting for the wireless device radios is least congested; at startup,
the wireless device scans for and selects the least-congested channel. For the most consistent
performance after a site survey, however, we recommend that you assign a static channel setting for
each access point.