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Field Description

None Whenchecked,thiscontrolnegatesallotherssothatno

roamparametersareadvertisedtoChildRepeaters.

NextParent Whenchecked,thisenablesadvertisingofaspecificunitas

theParentorChildRepeatershouldassociatedtonext.A

select‐editboxispresentthatisautomaticallypopulatedwith

alltheRLX2unitswiththesameSSIDthatareonthesame

Ethernetnetworkasaunit.

Eachentryisrepresente

dbytheNameoftheRLX2,soitis

importantthateachRLX2begivenauniquename.Ifthe

desirednextParenthasnotbeendetectedbecauseitisnot

currentlypowereduporattachedtothenetwork,itwillnot

appearinthelist.Inthiscase,itsMACAddresscanbe

manuallyen

teredintotheeditbox.Oncesaved,thisMAC

Addressappearsintheselectboxuntilthatunitisdetected

ontheEthernetatwhichpointitwillswitchtodisplayingthe

unit’sname.

WhenanadvertisedNextParentisonthesamecha

nnelas

thecurrentunit,thentheChildRepeaterwillroamtothe

NextParentwhentheNextParent’scostislowerthanits

currentparent’s.WhentheadvertisedNextParentisona

differentchannel,thentheRoamThresholdisusedtomake

theroamdecision.

RoamThreshold Whenchecked,thisenablesadvertisingoftheRoam

ThresholdthataChildRepeatershoulduse.ThisRoam

ThresholdoverridestheChildRepeatersequivalentsetting

butonlywhiletheChildRepeaterisassociatedtothisunit.If

theParentisnotadvertisingaRoamThreshold,thenthe

ChildRepeaterwillrever

ttousingitsownvalueconfiguredin

theParentLinkSettingsdialogbox. 

ThissettingiscriticalwhenaNextParentisalsobeing

advertisedandthatparentisconfiguredtobeonadifferent

channelthanthisunit.TheChildRepeaterusesthisthreshold

todeterminewhentoswitchtotheNextParent’scha

nnelan

associatewithit.Theinstallermustensurethatatapoint