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

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Radio Port Configuration
Configuring Radio Settings
Base Radio MAC. The MAC address displayed in the Properties section is
the hardware MAC address for that radio. A dual-radio RP has two separate
radio MAC addresses (as well as an Ethernet MAC address).
A BSSID, which is the MAC address that the radio uses to carry traffic for a
particular WLAN (or WLANs), is generated from this base MAC address. Each
RP radio includes four BSSIDs, each of which can carry traffic for four WLANs.
Radio Type. The Radio Type listed in the Properties section describes the
802.11 standard with which this radio complies.
The ProCurve 220 and 230 RPs each support two radios: an 802.11a and an
802.11bg radio. Make sure that you are configuring the correct radio on a dual-
radio RP.
The 802.11 standard for a particular radio also determines the channel fre-
quencies and power options available in this screen.
Index Type.
The Index Type value in the Properties section describes whether
a radio was pre-configured before the Wireless Edge Services xl Module adopted
it. If a radio was adopted with the default configuration, the index type is
displayed as Dynamic. If you created a configuration for the radio before
allowing the module to adopt it, the index type is Static. Refer to the
Index Type
value to verify that a particular radio is using the correct configuration.
Configuring Radio Settings for a Particular Radio
The Radio Settings section on a particular radio’s Configuration screen includes
the same options as the corresponding section in a radio type’s default
Configuration screen.
However, the section also includes an Actual column to the right of the
settings that displays the channel and power level that the radio is actually
using. You can view this column to verify that the radio is using appropriate
settings and to determine whether you must make any configuration changes
or corrections.
The Actual column also helps you to monitor your wireless network. For
example, even if a radio uses ACS to select its channel, you may want to know
which channel the radio has selected.