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• TX Power—Transmit power of the WiFi radio. [1 to 18; 15]
• NIC in Bridge—When enabled, the WiFi interface is added to the
Network Interface Card bridge, allowing traffic to pass between
the WiFi and the other interfaces (LAN and wireless).
[
enabled, disabled; enabled]
• Broadcast 802.11 SSID—When enabled, the SSID of the WiFi
Access Point is broadcast over the air so that stations will detect
the AP’s presence. [
enabled, disabled; enabled]
• 802.11 Station Timeout—Determines how quickly inactive sta-
tions are “aged out” of he WiFi Access Point’s database.
[
1 to 240 mins; 2 mins]
3.4.2 Ethernet Port Configuration Menu
The transceiver allows for special control of the Ethernet interface, to
allow traffic awareness and availability of the backhaul network for
redundancy purposes.
NOTE: The transceiver’s network port supports 10BaseT and
100BaseT connections. Confirm that your hub/switch is
capable of auto-switching data rates.
To prevent excessive Ethernet traffic from degrading perfor-
mance, place the transceiver in a segment, or behind routers.
Invisible place holder
Figure 3-24. Ethernet Port Configuration Menu
• Ethernet Port Enable—Allows enabling/disabling Ethernet traffic
for security purposes. Setting it to enabled enables the port.
[enabled, disabled; enabled]
• Ethernet Port Phy Rate—The Ethernet port’s configured speed.