WESM zl Management and Configuration Guide WT.01.28 and greater

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Radio Port Configuration
Configuring Radio Settings
Figure 3-9. Radio Adoption Default Configuration Advanced Properties
Setting the Antenna Mode. A diversity antenna consists of two closely spaced
matching antennas designed to minimize small gaps in coverage: the RP automati-
cally selects the antenna that provides the strongest signal to a particular station. The
ProCurve RPs 210 and 230 always use their internal omnidirectional diversity anten-
nas, and the default setting for the antenna mode is Diversity.
You may need to change the antenna mode for RP 220s, which use external antennas.
ProCurve Networking offers a variety of 2.4 and 5 GHz external antennas for both
indoor and outdoor use. Depending on its design, each antenna offers a different
pattern of coverage; some of the antennas are diversity antennas and some are not.
You connect the diversity antennas to both SMA connectors on the radio. You connect
non-diversity external antennas to only one of the SMA connections (marked either
primary or secondary).
You can select one of three options for the antenna mode: diversity, primary, and
secondary. The Diversity option requires the RP radio to have a diversity antenna
(either internal or external). If an RP radio uses a non-diversity external antenna, you
must specify to which connector you have attached it by selecting Primary or
Secondary.
Antenna Mode
Max Stations
Short Preamble
Adoption Pref ID
Options
Units