Wireless/Redundant Edge Services xl Module Management and Configuration Guide WS.01.03 or greater

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Radio Port Configuration
Configuring Radio Settings
To select basic data rates for newly adopted radios of a particular type, follow
these directions:
1. Access the Rate Settings screen for the radio type:
a. Select Network Setup > Radio Adoption Defaults > Configuration,
select the radio type, and click Edit.
b. Click the Rate Settings button.
2. In the Basic Rates column, click the box next to the data rates that radios
should use for management, broadcast, and multicast traffic.
By default, the station supports 802.11b stations with basic rates 1, 2, 5.5,
and 11.
To configure pure-G mode on an 802.11bg radio, deselect 1, 2, 5.5, and 11
and select 6, 12, and 24.
3. Next, configure supported rates, as described below, or finish configuring
rate settings by clicking OK.
The supported rates are data rates that the radio will allow for all other traffic.
The radio automatically selects the most efficient rate to a station based on
factors such as error rate and the distance to that station.
Basic rates are automatically included as supported rates, but you can config-
ure additional data rates. This allows stations that support higher data rates
to actually use them, possibly improving network performance.
To select supported data rates for newly adopted radios of a particular type,
follow these directions:
1. Access the Rate Settings screen for the radio type.
2. In the Supported Rates column, click the box next to the additional data
rates that you would like the radio to support.
3. Click OK.
To deselect all of a radio’s data rates at once, click the Clear All Rates button.
Remember, however, that you must configure at least one basic data rate for
the radio. Otherwise, an error message will be displayed when you click OK,
as shown in Figure 5-8.