User's Manual

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Chapter4 | WirelessSettings 
RadioSettings 
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Figure28: RadioSettings(PhysicalRadioSettings) 
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Thefollowingitemsaredisplayedon thispage: 
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◆ Status —Enablesordisablesthewirelessserviceonthisinterface. 
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◆ Mode—SelectsthemodeinwhichtheAPwillfunction.
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AccessPoint(Auto‐WDS) —TheVAPoperatesasanaccesspointinWDS 
mode,whichacceptsconnectionsfromAPsinClientWDSmode.(Thisis 
thedefaultsetting.) 
Inthismode,theAPprovidesservicestoclientsasanormalaccesspoint.
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WDSisusedtoautomaticallysearchforandconnecttootherAPnodes 
usingthesameSSIDandsecuritysettings.
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Client—TheAPcanprovideawirelessconnectiontoanotherAP.Inthis 
mode,itcanpassinformationfromortolocallywiredhosts,butdoesnot 
provideservicestoanywirelessclients.
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ClientWDS—TheAPprovidesservicestoclientsasanormalaccesspoint, 
andoperatesasaclientstationinWDSmode,whichcanconnecttoother
accesspointsinAuto‐WDSmode.ConnectiontoanotherAPcanbemade
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automaticallyby otheraccesspoints operatinginAuto‐WDS mode.
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◆ DFS— DynamicFrequencySelection can be  usedtodetectandavoid 
interferencewithRadarsystemsoperatinginthe5GHzrange(UNIIchannels 
52‐64and100‐140).Ifradarisdetected,theAPwillalterthechannelitis 
operatingonandtellassociatedstationsthechanneltowhichitismoving.This 
allowsstationstore‐associatewithminimuminterruption.(Thisparameteris 
onlyapplicabletothe5GHzradio,andisenabledbydefault.)
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◆ 802.11Mode —Definestheradiooperationmode. 
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Radio0(5GHzRadio)—Default:11a+n;Options:11a,11a+n,11AC
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Radio1 (2.4GHzRadio)—Default:11b+g;Options:11b+g,11b+g+n 