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WEB MANAGEMENT INTERFACE REFERENCE
RADIO CHANNEL SETTINGS
MENU ITEM MENU ITEM DESCRIPTION
Channel Name Each channel can be assigned a name which to be used in status func-
tions.
Frequency Each radio should be a assigned a frequency. Two radios must be set
to the same frequency in order to communicate. A warning will be
displayed if the frequency setting does not match the radio hardware.
A node with a radio channel set to “Network Default X” in node
configuration will automatically change center frequency and bandwidth
if the settings for “Network Default X” are changed in Network Default
configuration.
Bandwidth Each radio should be assigned a bandwidth. Two radios must be set to
the same bandwidth in order to communicate. Bandwidth should be
increased for shorter distances and decreased for increased distances.
Max Link Dis-
tance
Max Link Distance should be set to the upper bound of how long any
individual link in the network may need to be. All nodes on the network
MUST be set to the same Max Link Distance. A node with a radio channel
set to “Network Default X” in node configuration will automatically change
Max Link Distance if the settings for “Network Default X” are changed in
Network Default configuration.
Channel Density The channel density setting controls how aggressively the radios
compete for access to the shared medium. A number of nodes will be
displayed in parentheses after each menu item. Choose the menu item
that corresponds to the number of nodes in your network. A node with
a radio channel set to “Network Default X” in node configuration will
automatically change Channel Density if the settings for “Network Default
X” are changed in Network Default configuration.
Radio Preference Radio Preference instructs the routing protocol to prefer links on a radio
(consider them lower cost than normal). This can be used to help shift
traffic towards radios running on certain channels.
None: None is the default factory setting. All links are considered
equally.
Medium: Routing protocol is more likely to use this radio to forward
traffic.
High: Routing protocol is significantly more likely to use this radio to forward
traffic.
A node with a radio channel set to “Network Default X” in node
configuration will automatically change Radio Preference if the settings for
“Network Default X” are changed in Network Default configuration.
Each radio must be a assigned a center
frequency and bandwidth. These settings
determine the “channel” on which the node
operates. Up to 16 Network Default channel
settings may be configured to facilitate
management of groups of radios of different
nodes.