Specifications

Radio Interface
RoamAbout Access Point 3000 Configuration Guide 4-51
• VLANenablesordisablesVLANtaggingsupportonthisdefaultradiointerface.Ifenabled,
theaccesspointwilltagtrafficpassingfromwirelessclientstothewirednetworkwiththe
VLANIDassociatedwitheachclientontheRADIUSserver.Upto64VLANIDscanbe
mappedtospecific
wirelessclients,allowinguserstoremainwithinthesameVLANasthey
movearoundacampussite.Thisfeaturecanalsobeusedtocontrolaccesstonetwork
resourcesfromwirelessclients,therebyimprovingsecurity.Default:Disable
– Enable:WhenVLANfilteringisenabled,theaccesspointmustalsohave802.1x
authenticationenabledandaRADIUSserverconfigured.Wirelessclientsmustalso
support802.1xclientsoftwaretobeassignedtoaspecificVLAN.
– Disable:WhenVLANfilteringisdisabled,thisdefaultradiointerfaceignorestheVLAN
tagsonanyreceivedframes.
• RadioChannelspecifiesthechannelnumberfortheoperatingradio
channelintheaccesspoint.
–The802.11aradiochannelthattheaccesspointusestocommunicatewithwirelessclients.
Whenmultipleaccesspointsaredeployedinthesamearea,setthechannelon
neighboringaccesspointsatleastfourchannelsaparttoavoidinterferencewitheach
other.
–The802.11b/gradio
channelthattheaccesspointusestocommunicatewithwireless
clients.Whenmultipleaccesspointsaredeployedinthesamearea,setthechannelon
neighboringaccesspointsatleastfivechannelsaparttoavoidinterferencewitheach
other.Forexample,intheUnitedStatesyoucandeployuptothree
accesspointsinthe
samearea(e.g.,channels1,6,11).Alsonotethatthechannelforwirelessclientsis
automaticallysettothesameasthatusedbytheaccesspointtowhichitislinked.Range:
1‐11;Default:6
• AutoChannelSelectenablestheaccesspointto
automaticallyselectanunoccupiedradio
channel.Default:Enabled
• WorkingMode(802.11b/gONLY).Theaccesspointcanbeconfiguredtosupportboth802.11b
and802.11gclientssimultaneously,802.11b clientsonly,or802.11gclientsonly.
Default:802.11band802.11g
• TransmitPoweradjuststhepoweroftheradiosignalstransmittedfromtheaccesspoint.
The
higherthetransmissionpower,thefartherthetransmissionrange.Powerselectionisnotjusta
tradeoffbetweencoverageareaandmaximumsupportedclients.Youalsohavetoensurethat
high‐powersignalsdonotinterferewiththeoperationofotherradiodevicesintheservice
area.(Options:100%,
50%,25%,12.5%,minimum.)Default:100%
• MaximumTxDataRateidentifiesthehighestdesiredtransmissionspeedforthebroadcast
trafficasforwardedbytheAPtothewirelessLAN.
– 802.11adefines6,9,12,18,24,36,48,54Mbpsdataratesinthe5GHzband.
– 802.11bonlydefines:1,
2,5.5,11Mbpsdataratesinthe2.4GHzband.
– 802.11gonly,or802.11band802.11gdefines:1,2,5.5,6,9,11,12,18,24,36,48,54Mbps
datarates.
Note: If the radio interface has VLANs enabled, then VLANs are enabled on all VAPs associated
with this radio interface.