Wireless/Redundant Edge Services xl Module Management and Configuration Guide WS.02.xx and greater

3-24
Radio Port Configuration
Configuring Radio Settings
To set the default number of beacons between DTIMs that radios in your
network broadcast, complete these steps:
1. Select Network Setup > Radio Adoption Defaults and click the
Configuration tab.
2. Select the radio type and click the Edit button.
3. In the DTIM field, enter the number of beacons between DTIMs.
4. Click the OK button.
Setting the Self Healing Offset. In a wireless network that implements
neighbor recovery, an RP radio may increase its power to compensate for a
failed RP. In this case, by default, power is increased to the country’s regulatory
maximum. However, when RPs are situated close to each other or when they
use external antennas, transmitting at this power may cause interference or
even illegal operation.
To prevent such interference, set a self healing offset, which is subtracted from
the radio’s maximum power to produce a new maximum for the RP radio
responding to a failed neighbor. (For more information on neighbor recovery,
see Chapter 13: Wireless Network Management.)
Like the radio’s normal power setting, the self healing offset is configured in
terms of dBm. The default value is 0. For additional information on determin-
ing an appropriate offset value, see the documentation shipped with the RP.
To set the default self healing offset for radios in a network that uses neighbor
recovery, complete these steps:
1. Select Network Setup > Radio Adoption Defaults and click the
Configuration tab.
2. Select the radio type and click the Edit button.
3. In the Self Healing Offset field, specify the self healing offset value.
4. Click the OK button.
Note Like the desired power setting, you may need to tailor the self healing offset
from radio to radio. To learn how to configure a self healing offset for a
particular radio, see “Configuring Advanced Properties for a Particular Radio”
on page 3-32.