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Radio Type
Use the drop-down radio type menu to specify radio type of your AP. The available types are defined in Table 12.
Design Model
Three radio buttons, defined in Table 13, allow you to control the kind of model used to determine the number
and type of APs.
Table 11 AP Modeling Parameters
Parameter Description
Radio Type Use this drop-down menu to specify the radio type. See “Radio Type” on page78
AP Type Dell AP device. Use the drop-down menu to select the device type. The supported APs listed in the
drop-down menu are dependent on the selected radio type.
Design Model Use the Coverage, Capacity, and Custom radio buttons to specify a design model to use in the
placement of APs. See“Design Model” on page78
Overlap Factor Use this field and drop-down to specify an overlap factor. See“Overlap Factor” on page79.
Users Use this field to specify the number of users on your WLAN. See “Users/AP” on page79.
Radio Properties (Desired
Rates and HT Support
Options)
Use this drop-down to define 802.11a, 802.11b/g, and 802.11n settings for the 5 GHz and 2.4 GHz
frequency bands, including high-throughput, data rates, and 40 Mhz channel spacing
See “Radio Properties (Desired Rates and HT Support Options)” on page80.
APs Use this field to enter the fixed number of APs to be used in this building’s network (Custom model
only).
Table 12 Radio Type Definitions
Parameter Description
801.11a/b/g Simultaneous use of 802.11b/g and 802.11a.
802.11b/g 2.4 GHz, Direct Spread Spectrum (DSSS) multiplexing with data rates up to 11 Mbps, combined with
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing/Complementary Code Keying (OFDM/CCK) with data rates up to
54 Mbps.
802.11a 5 GHz Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) with data rates up to 54 Mbps.
802.11a/b/g + n Mixed-mode radio type which allows for simultaneous use of 802.11b/g and 802.11n traffic on the 2.4 GHz
frequency band, and 802.11a and 802.11n traffic on the 5 GHZ frequency band.
802.11b/g + n Mixed-mode radio type that allows for simultaneous use of 802.11b/g and 802.11n traffic on the 2.4 GHz
frequency band.
802.11a + n Mixed-mode radio type that allows for simultaneous use of 802.11a and 802.11n traffic on the 5 GHz
frequency band.