User's Manual

Configuring the Wireless AP
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Configuring Wireless AP settings
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, March 2008
134 HiPath Wireless Controller, Access Points and Convergence Software V5 R1 , C20/C2400 User Guide
• Protection Mode – Click a protection mode: None, Auto, or Always.
The default and recommended setting is Auto. Click None if 11b APs and
clients are not expected. Click Always if you expect many 11b-only
clients.
• Protection Rate – Click a protection rate: 1, 2, 5.5, or 11 Mbps. The
default and recommended setting is 11. Only reduce the rate if there are
many 11b clients in the environment or if the deployment has areas with
poor coverage. For example, rates lower than 11 Mbps are required to
ensure coverage.
• Protection Type – Click a protection type: CTS Only or RTS CTS. The
default and recommended setting is CTS Only. Click RTS CTS only if an
11b AP that operates on the same channel is detected in the
neighborhood, or if there are many 11b-only clients in the environment.
• Min Basic Rate – For each radio, click the minimum data rate that must
be supported by all stations in a BSS: 1, 2, 5.5, or 11 Mbps for 11b and
11b+11g modes. Click 1, 2, 5.5, 6, 11, 12, or 24 Mbps for 11g-only mode.
Click 6, 12, or 24 Mbps for 11a mode. If necessary, the Max Basic Rate
choices adjust automatically to be higher or equal to the Min Basic Rate.
If both Min Basic Rate and Max Basic Rate are set to an 11g-specific
(OFDM) rate, (for example, 6, 12
, or 24
Mbps) all basic rates will be 11g-
specific.
• Max Basic Rate – For each radio, click the maximum data rate that must
be supported by all stations in a BSS: 1, 2, 5.5, or 11 Mbps for 11b and
11b+11g modes. Click 1, 2, 5.5, 6, 11, 12, or 24 Mbps for 11g-only mode.
Click 6, 12, or 24 Mbps for 11a mode. If necessary, the Max Basic Rate
choices adjust automatically to be higher or equal to the Min Basic Rate.
If both Min Basic Rate and Max Basic Rate are set to an 11g-specific
(OFDM) rate, (for example, 6, 12, or 24 Mbps) all basic rates will be 11g-
specific.
• Max Operational Rate – For each radio, click the maximum data rate that
clients can operate at while associated with the AP: 1, 2, 5.5, or 11 Mbps
for 11b-only mode. Click 1, 2, 5.5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 24, 36, 28, or 54 Mbps
for 11b+11g or 11g-only modes. Click 6, 9, 12, 18,
24
, 36, 48, or 54 Mbps
for 11a mode. If necessary, the Max Operational Rate choices adjust
automatically to be higher or equal to the Min Basic Rate.
• Background BK – For each radio, click the number of retries for the
Background transmission queue. The default value is adaptive (multi-
rate). The recommended setting is adaptive (multi-rate).
• Best Effort BE – For each radio, click the number of retries for the Best
Effort transmission queue. The default value is adaptive (multi-rate).
The recommended setting is adaptive (multi-rate).