WESM zl Management and Configuration Guide WT.01.28 and greater

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Radio Port Configuration
Overview
Overview
The ProCurve Wireless Edge Services zl Module manages the ProCurve Radio Ports
(RPs) 210, 220, and 230. Using their Ethernet port and one or two radios, these IEEE
802.11-compliant RPs grant wireless stations access to an Ethernet network.
RPs provide the radio signal and the physical connection to wireless users, but little
intelligence on their own. Instead of configuring each RP individually through its
own management interface, you manage them all centrally with the Wireless Edge
Services zl Module. The advantage of this design is that the entire Wireless LAN
System (the module together with its adopted RPs) is controlled together for consis-
tent and transparent network access for all users.
In this chapter, you will learn how to configure Procurve RPs 210, 220, and 230 using
the Wireless Edge Services zl Module’s Web browser interface. You will first learn
about the radio country codes, which ensure that radios operate at the frequencies
and power levels specified by various countries’ regulations.
You will then learn about creating radio configurations for the Wireless Edge Services
zl Module to deploy to adopted RPs.
These configurations include basic settings such as a radio’s channel, power, and rate
sets. When configuring these settings, you must consider the method that radios
should use to select their channel and the level at which to set radios’ maximum
power. You will also learn how to specify basic and supported data rates depending
on the types of stations that a radio must support.
This chapter will also discuss setting advanced radio properties, which may be
necessary when you want to:
■ install an external antenna on a radio
■ use a radio to support Voice-over-wireless LAN (VoWLAN) devices
■ improve a radio’s data throughput rate
■ enable self healing functions on a radio
The ProCurve RPs 210, 220, and 230 support client roaming, which allows a mobile
wireless station to maintain connectivity while moving from one radio coverage area
to another. This chapter will give you a few guidelines for setting up wireless coverage
to facilitate seamless roaming. More detailed instructions on enabling the best
possible roaming between RPs adopted by multiple Wireless Edge Services zl
Modules can be found in Chapter 9: “Fast Layer 2 Roaming and Layer 3 Mobility.”