User's Guide

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Configuring the Wireless AP
Configuring Wireless AP settings
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March 2010
HiPath Wireless Controller, Access Points and Convergence Software V7.11, User Guide 161
that a Wireless AP’s radio is always operating on the best available channel.
• Last Requested Channel – This field is view only. This field displays the
last wireless channel that you had selected for the Wireless AP to
communicate with the wireless devices.
• Current Tx Power Level – This field is view only. It displays the actual Tx
power level assigned to the Wireless AP radio.
• Channel Plan – If ACS is enabled, you can define a channel plan for the
Wireless AP. Defining a channel plan allows you to limit which channels
are available for use during an ACS scan. For example, you may want to
avoid using specific channels because of low power, regulatory domain,
or radar interference. Click one of the following:
• 3 Channel Plan – ACS will scan the following channels: 1, 6, and 11
in the US, and 1, 7, and 13 in Europe.
• 4 Channel Plan – ACS will scan the following channels: 1, 4, 7, and
11 in the US, and 1, 5, 9, and 13 in Europe.
•Auto – ACS will scan the default channel plan channels: 1, 6, and 11
in the US, and 1, 5, 9, and 13 in Europe.
•Custom – If you want to configure individual channels from which the
ACS will select an operating channel, click Configure. The Add
Channels dialog is displayed. Click the individual channels you want
to add to the channel plan while pressing the CTRL key, and then click
OK.
• Min Basic Rate – Click the minimum data rate that must be supported by
all stations in a BSS: 1, 2, 5.5, or 11 Mbps. If necessary, the Max Basic
Rate choices adjust automatically to be higher or equal to the Min Basic
Rate.
• Max Basic Rate – Click the maximum data rate that must be supported
by all stations in a BSS: 1, 2
, 5.5, or 11 Mbps. If necessary, the Max Basic
Rate choices adjust automatically to be higher or equal to the Min Basic
Rate.