Specifications

12-50 WS2000 Wireless Switch System Reference Guide
All the Access Ports will be indoors, so he specifies Placement as Indoors. He sets the default Channel as
1, even though all of his Access Ports will be using different 802.11b channels. He sets the Power Level to
20dBm. This will broadcast at 100 mW, the maximum level allowed in the US.
He does not change the settings for Antenna Diversity, Support Short Preamble, RTS Threshold, or
Beacon Settings. These parameters control some of the broadcast mechanics of an 802.11 communication
between mobile units and Access Ports. In most cases, there is no reason to change them. He clicks Apply
to save his choices.
After configuring the default Access Port settings, Leo gets four short 100baseT cables and connects the four
Access Ports to the switch. Just to make it easier to remember which port is which, he connects the one with
the lowest MAC address to the first port number, the next lowest MAC address to the next port, and so on.
As he configures each Access Port, he will need to assign each Access Port to a channel. He can minimize
radio interference if he has the radio channels for the different Access Ports separated as much as possible.
He decides to use the following allocation:
He clicks the toggle to the left of Access Ports in the left menu and selects the menu item labeled AP1. The
WS2000 has found and queried the Access Port for its MAC address. Leo enters a new name for the Access
Port, Eng-AP1, and its location, Eng. Offices.
Access Port Channel
Engineering Offices 1
Demo Room 4
Sales and Marketing 7
Administration 10