User Manual Part 2

Wi-Fi Array
274 Configuring the Wi-Fi Array
• Channel number — If a channel number appears, then this channel is
already bonded to the listed channel.
• Off — Do not bond his channel to another channel.
• On — Bond this channel to an adjacent channel. The bonded channel
is selected automatically by the Array based on the Channel (Step 3).
The choice of banded channel is static — fixed once the selection is
made.
• +1 — Bond this channel to the next higher channel number. Auto
Channel bonding does not apply. This option is only available for
some of the channels.
• -1 — Bond this channel to the next lower channel number. Auto
Channel bonding does not apply. This option is only available for
some of the channels.
5. Click the Lock check box if you want to lock in your channel selection so
that the autochannel operation (see Advanced RF Settings) cannot change
it.
6. In the Cell Size column, select Auto to allow the optimal cell size to be
automatically computed (see also, Step 9 on page 298). To set the cell size
yourself, choose either Small, Medium, Large, or Max to use the desired
pre-configured cell size, or choose Manual to define the wireless cell size
manually. If you choose Manual, you must specify the transmit and
receive power — in dB — in the Tx dBm (transmit) and Rx dBm (receive)
fields. The default is Max.
When other Arrays are within listening range of this one, setting cell sizes
to Auto allows the Array to change cell sizes so that coverage between
cells is maintained. Each cell size is optimized to limit interference
between sectors of other Arrays on the same channel. This eliminates the
need for a network administrator to manually tune the size of each cell
when installing multiple Arrays. In the event that an Array or a radio
goes offline, an adjacent Array can increase its cell size to help
compensate.