Specifications

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Public and Private SSIDs .................................................................................................................9-17
Encryption.........................................................................................................................................9-18
Radio Profiles..........................................................................................................................................9-18
RF Auto-Tuning ................................................................................................................................9-19
Default Radio Profile......................................................................................................................... 9-19
Radio-Specific Parameters............................................................................................................... 9-20
Configuring Access Points.............................................................................................................................9-21
Specifying the Country of Operation .......................................................................................................9-22
Examples..........................................................................................................................................9-25
Configuring an Auto-DAP Profile for Automatic AP Configuration ..........................................................9-26
How an Unconfigured AP Finds a RoamAbout Switch To Configure It ............................................9-26
Configured APs Have Precedence Over Unconfigured APs ............................................................9-26
Configuring a Auto-AP Profile...........................................................................................................9-27
Examples ...................................................................................................................................9-27
Changing AP Parameter Values.......................................................................................................9-28
Enabling the Auto-AP Profile......................................................................................................9-28
Specifying the Radio Profile Used by the Auto-AP Profile .........................................................9-29
Displaying Status Information for APs Configured by the Auto-AP Profile.................................9-29
Converting an AP Configured by the Auto-AP Profile into a Permanent AP.............................. 9-30
Configuring AP Port Parameters.............................................................................................................9-30
Configuring an Indirectly Connected AP...........................................................................................9-31
Example .....................................................................................................................................9-31
Configuring Static IP Addresses on Distributed APs ........................................................................ 9-31
Specifying IP Information ...........................................................................................................9-31
Specifying RoamAbout Switch Information ................................................................................9-32
Specifying VLAN information .....................................................................................................9-32
Clearing an AP from the Configuration.............................................................................................9-33
Changing AP Names ........................................................................................................................ 9-33
Changing Bias ..................................................................................................................................9-33
Example .....................................................................................................................................9-33
Configuring a Load-Balancing Group ...............................................................................................9-34
Example .....................................................................................................................................9-34
Disabling or Reenabling Automatic Firmware Upgrades ..................................................................9-34
Forcing an AP To Download its Operational Image from the RoamAbout Switch............................ 9-34
Enabling LED Blink Mode.................................................................................................................9-35
Configuring AP- RoamAbout Switch Security .........................................................................................9-35
Encryption Key Fingerprint ...............................................................................................................9-35
Encryption Options ...........................................................................................................................9-36
Verifying an AP’s Fingerprint on a RoamAbout Switch ....................................................................9-37
Finding the Fingerprint ...............................................................................................................9-37
Verifying a Fingerprint on the Switch .........................................................................................9-38
Setting the AP Security Requirement on a RoamAbout Switch .......................................................9-38
Example .....................................................................................................................................9-38
Fingerprint Log Message..................................................................................................................9-38
Configuring a Service Profile................................................................................................................... 9-39
Creating a Service Profile.................................................................................................................9-39
Example .....................................................................................................................................9-39
Removing a Service Profile ..............................................................................................................9-39
Changing a Service Profile Setting...................................................................................................9-39
Disabling or Reenabling Encryption for an SSID..............................................................................9-40
Disabling or Reenabling Beaconing of an SSID ...............................................................................9-40
Changing the Fallthru Authentication Type ...................................................................................... 9-40
Changing Transmit Rates................................................................................................................. 9-41