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Detailed Radio Configuration / Diagnostics RLX2 Series ♦ 802.11a, b, g, n
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Field
Description
Max Age
Measures the age of the received protocol information recorded for a
port and ensures this information is discarded when its age limit
exceeds the value to the maximum age parameter recorded by the
switch. The timeout value for this timer is the maximum age parameter
of the switches.
Forward Delay
Monitors the time spent by a port in the learning and listening states.
The timeout value is the forward delay parameter of the switches.
Path Costs
RSTP and STP algorithms use a cost to determine which connections
should be used. The "spanning tree" is formed by determining the
least cost paths from any RSTP device back to the root.
Wireless
Gives preference to a wired connection, set the Wireless cost to 200.
Ethernet
Gives preference to a wired Ethernet connection, set the Ethernet cost
to 100.
Multiple master radios can be defined on the same network. If one master radio
goes down, any radios linked to it can switch over to the other master, so the
networked radios remain connected and transmitting. In order to be redundant,
the two masters should typically be on the same segment—in other words, they
should be wired together into the same switch. These two masters can be
assigned different channels to increase network bandwidth, but they must be
assigned the same SSID.
Also, because all radios are repeaters, each radio can be configured to reach a
master radio via multiple repeater paths. If a repeater goes down, the linked
radios can use a different path to get back to a master radio.
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