Users Guide

Setting Default Device
Type
Description
Receive Antenna Diversity Cisco Drop-down menu for the receive antenna provides three
options:
Diversity —Device will use the antenna that receives the
best signal. If the device has two fixed (non-removable)
antennas, the Diversity setting should be used for both
receive and transmit antennas.
Right —If your device has removable antennas and you
install a high-gain antenna on the device's right connector
(the connector on the right side when viewing the back
panel of the device), use this setting for receive and
transmit.
Left —If your device has removable antennas and you
install a high-gain antenna on the device's left connector,
use this setting for both receive and transmit.
Transmit
Antenna
Diversity Cisco See description in Receive Antenna above.
Antenna
Diversity
Primary
Only
Symbol 4131 Drop-down menu provides the following options:
Full Diversity—The AP receives information on the
antenna with the best signal strength and quality. The AP
transmits on the antenna from which it last received
information.
Primary Only—The AP transmits and receives on the
primary antenna only. Secondary Only: The AP transmits
and receives on the secondary antenna only.
Rx Diversity—The AP receives information on the
antenna with the best signal strength and quality. The AP
transmits information on the primary antenna only.
Transmit Power
Reduction
0 Proxim Transmit Power Reduction determines the APs transmit
power. The max transmit power is reduced by the number
of decibels specified.
Channel 6 All Represents the AP’s current RF channel setting. The
number relates to the center frequency output by the AP’s
RF synthesizer.
Contiguous APs should be set to different channels to
minimize ‘crosstalk,’ which occurs when the signals from
APs overlap and interfere with each other. This RF
interference negatively influences WLAN performance.
802.11b’s 2.4-GHz range has a total bandwidth of 80-MHz,
separated into 11 center channels. Of these channels, only
3 are non-overlapping (1, 6, and 11). In the United States,
most organizations use only these non-overlapping
channels.
Table 88: Additional Settings (Continued)
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