User's Manual

Configuring the Wireless AP
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Configuring Wireless AP settings
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, March 2008
132 HiPath Wireless Controller, Access Points and Convergence Software V5 R1 , C20/C2400 User Guide
• Use broadcast for disassociation – Select if you want the Wireless AP
to use broadcast disassociation when disconnecting all clients, instead of
disassociating each client one by one. This will affect the behavior of the
AP under the following conditions:
• If the Wireless AP is preparing to reboot or to enter one of the special
modes (DRM initial channel selection).
• If a BSSID is deactivated or removed on the Wireless AP.
This option is enabled by default.
• Country – Click the country of operation. This option is only available with
some licenses.
9. In the Radio Settings section, do the following:
• Radio mode – Click the radios you want to enable.
•DTIM – Type the desired DTIM (Delivery Traffic Indication Message)
period — the number of beacon intervals between two DTIM beacons. To
ensure the best client power savings, use a large number. For example,
5. Use a small number to minimize broadcast and multicast delay. The
default value is 5.
• Beacon Period – For each radio, type the desired time, in milliseconds,
between beacon transmissions. The default value is 100 milliseconds.
• RTS/CTS – For each radio, type the packet size threshold, in bytes,
above which the packet will be preceded by an RTS/CTS (Request to
Send/Clear to Send) handshake. The default value is 2346, which means
all packets are sent without RTS/CTS. Reduce this value only if
necessary.
• Frag. Threshold – For each radio, type the fragment size threshold, in
bytes, above which the packets will be fragmented by the AP prior to
transmission. The default value is 2346, which means all packets are sent
unfragmented. Reduce this value only if necessary.
•RF Domain – For each radio, type a string that uniquely identifies a group
of APs that cooperate in managing RF channels and transmission power
levels. The maximum length of the string is 15 characters. The RF
Domain is used to identify a group of Wireless APs.
• Channel – For each radio, click the wireless channel you want the
Wireless APs to use to communicate with wireless devices.
Click Auto to request the ACS to search for a new channel for the
Wireless APs, using a channel selection algorithm. This forces the APs to
go through the auto-channel selection process again.
If DRM is enabled (DRM is enabled by default), it scans automatically for
a channel, using a channel selection algorithm.