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Cisco 3200 Series Wireless MIC Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 4 Configuring Radio Settings
Configuring the Beacon Period
Configuring the Beacon Period
The beacon period is the amount of time between beacons in kilomicroseconds. One Kusec equals 1,024
microseconds. The default beacon period is 100. Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps
to configure the beacon period:
Configure RTS Threshold and Retries
The RTS threshold determines the packet size at which the WMIC issues a request to send (RTS) before
sending the packet. A low RTS Threshold setting can be useful in areas where many client devices are
associating with the WMIC, or in areas where the clients are far apart and can detect only the WMIC and
not each other. You can enter a setting ranging from 0 to 2339 bytes.
Note When concatenation is enabled for a 2.4-GHz WMIC, the RTS and fragment thresholds are set to 4000.
Changing them to a lower value might degrade device performance. The 4.9-GHz WMIC does not
support concatenation.
Maximum RTS Retries is the maximum number of times the WMIC issues an RTS before stopping the
attempt to send the packet over the radio. Enter a value from 1 to 128.
The default RTS threshold is 2312, and the default value for RTS retries is 32. Beginning in privileged
EXEC mode, follow these steps to configure the RTS threshold and maximum RTS retries:
Use the no form of the command to reset the RTS settings to defaults.
Command Purpose
Step 1
configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
interface dot11radio 0 Enter interface configuration mode for the radio interface.
Step 3
beacon period value Set the beacon period. Enter a value between 20 and
4000 Kusecs.
Step 4
end Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 5
copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.
Command Purpose
Step 1
configure terminal Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
interface dot11radio 0 Enter interface configuration mode for the radio interface.
Step 3
rts threshold value Set the RTS threshold. Enter an RTS threshold from 0 to 2339
for a 2.4-GHz WMIC or 0 to 4000 for a 4.9-GHz WMIC.
Step 4
rts retries value Set the maximum RTS retries. Enter a setting from 1 to 128.
Step 5
end Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 6
copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.