Specifications

Radio Interface
RoamAbout Access Point 3000 Configuration Guide 4-47
Radio Interface
TheIEEE802.11aand802.11b/ginterfacesincludeconfigurationoptionsforradiosignal
characteristics,VirtualAPs(VAPs),andwirelesssecurityfeatures.
Theconfigurationoptionsforbothradiointerfacesarenearlyidentical,andarebothcoveredin
thissectionofthemanual.
TheRadioSettingssectionincludesoptionsfortheradiocharacteristicsof
theinterface,andthe
networkdefinitionofthedefaultradiointerfaceanduptosevenVAPsperradio interface.
Radio Signal Characteristics
Theaccesspointcanoperateinseveraldifferentradiomodes,IEEE802.11aonly,802.11bonly,
802.11gonly,802.11b/gonly,oramixed802.11a/b/gmode.Alsonotethat802.11gisbackward
compatiblewith802.11b.
TheIEEE802.11ainterfaceoperateswithinthe5GHzband,atupto54Mbpsinnormalmode
or
upto108MbpsinTurbomode.
Youdefinenetworkinformationandradiosignalcharacteristicsfortheradiointerface.The
networkinformationappliesonlytotheServiceSetIdentifier(SSID)specifiedforthedefaultradio
interface.YouspecifyuniquenetworkinformationfortheSSIDofeachVAPyoudefinefor
this
radiointerface(inadditiontothedefaultradiointerface),ifany.
Virtual APs (VAPs)
Inadditiontodefiningnetworkcharacteristicsforthedefaultradiointerface,youcandefine
networkcharacteristicsforuptosevenVAPsperradiointerface. Eachdefaultradiointerfa ceand 
VAPhasitsownuniqueServiceSetIdentifier(SSID)withwhichclientscanassociate,usinga
varietyofsecurityandauthenticationoptions.
Note: The radio channel settings for the Access Point 3000 are limited by local regulations, which
determine the number of channels that are available.