WESM zl Management and Configuration Guide WT.01.28 and greater

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Radio Port Configuration
Configuring Radio Settings
Figure 3-7. Rate Settings Screen
On this screen, you can set basic and supported rates. The data rates displayed depend
on which type of radio you are configuring.
The basic rates are rates for which RP radios advertise support. A radio uses and
allows stations to use basic rates for:
■ management frames
■ broadcast frames
■ multicast frames
Such frames are sent to all stations associated to a basic service set (BSS); therefore,
if an RP is to support 802.11b stations, it must use only the rates (1, 2, 5.5, and
11 Mbps) supported by those slower stations.
If an 802.11bg radio does not need to support 802.11b stations, you can set the basic
rates to g only rates (for example, 6, 12 and 24). The higher data rates for management
and broadcast traffic can improve performance in the wireless network. They also
prevent the 802.11b stations from associating to the RP radio and slowing the
network.