WESM zl Management and Configuration Guide WT.01.28 and greater

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Introduction
Radio Ports
■ used by its 802.11 mode
■ allowed by the regulatory rules in its country
For instructions on configuring a radio as a detector, see Chapter 12: “Wireless
Network Management.”
Configuring the ProCurve RPs
The RPs 210, 220, and 230 do not include a management interface. You configure
these devices by configuring the Wireless Edge Services zl Module, which automat-
ically deploys configurations to adopted RPs.
For example, if you want to specify the country code so that an RP can activate its
radio, you must do so from the Wireless Edge Services zl Module. If you want RPs
to support a WLAN, then you configure and enable that WLAN on the Wireless Edge
Services zl Module. The Wireless Edge Services zl Module deploys the WLAN
configuration to all adopted RPs, so you can quickly configure a consistent wireless
service set throughout your entire network.
A radio configuration includes settings such as:
■ Country code —The country code programs the radio to use channels and
transmission powers according to your country’s regulatory restrictions.
■ Channel—You can set a channel manually, or you can specify a method such
as automatic channel select (ACS) that radios use to choose their own channel.
■ Power—The power determines the radio’s signal strength. You might lower this
power when using external antennas or placing RPs close to each other.
■ Data rate sets—On 802.11bg radios, the data rate set determines whether the
radio supports both 802.11b and 802.11g stations or only 802.11g stations.
■ Advanced radio settings—You will learn more about these options in
Chapter 3: “Radio Port Configuration.”
■ WLAN assignment—When you enable a WLAN, the Wireless Edge Services
zl Module automatically configures radios to support that WLAN. It creates a
radio configuration that specifies which SSIDs should be assigned to which of
the radio’s BSSIDs.
Note If you use advanced mode configuration, then you must manually specify the
WLAN assignment for a radio configuration.
The module deploys configurations in two ways:
■ It deploys a radio adoption default configuration to any newly adopted RP radio.
■ It deploys override configurations to targeted radios.