User's Manual

Device Setup and Management

BreezeNET PRO.11 Series 3-8 User’s Guide

• ESSID – ESSID of the unit (up to 32 printable ASCII characters). The

ESSID is a string used to identify a WLAN. This ID prevents the

unintentional merging of two co-located WLANs. A station can only

associate with an AP that has the same ESSID. Use different ESSIDs to

segment the WLAN network and add security.

Note: The ESSID is case-sensitive.

• Maximum Data Rate – Maximum data rate of the unit. BreezeNET

PRO.11 units operate at 1 Mbps, 2 Mbps or 3 Mbps. The unit adaptively

selects the highest possible rate for transmission. Under certain

conditions (compatibility reasons or for range/speed trade-off) you may

decide to limit the use of higher rates.

• Transmit Antenna – Which antennas are used for transmission. During

reception, a BreezeNET PRO.11 unit dynamically selects the antenna

where reception is optimal. In contrast, before transmission the unit

selects the antenna from which it will transmit. It usually uses the

antenna last used for successful transmission. In models with external

antennas, sometimes only a single antenna is used. In this case, Transmit

Antenna should be configured to transmit only from that single antenna.

Similarly, models using a booster or an LNA use only a single antenna

for transmission. There are three possibilities for configuration:

0 Use Two Antennas

1 Use Antenna No. 1 only

2 Use Antenna No. 2 only

• Mobility – BreezeNET PRO.11 stations optimize their roaming

algorithms according to the mobility mode parameter. For example, a

stationary station is more tolerant of bad propagation conditions. It

assumes that this is a temporary situation and is not caused by the station

changing position. Initiating a roaming procedure in such a case would

be counter-productive. In general, Wireless stations can be used in one

of three mobility modes:

• High – For stations that may move at speeds of over 30 km per hour.

• Medium – For stations that may move at speeds of over 10 km per

hour, but not over 30 km per hour.