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
Configuring Advanced Properties for a Particular Radio
The Advanced Properties section of a radio's Configuration screen includes the
same settings as that in radio types' default Configuration screens:
■ Antenna Mode
■ Maximum Stations
■ Adoption Preference ID
■ Support Short Preamble (802.11 bg radios only)
■ RTS Threshold
■ Beacon Interval
■ DTIM Period
■ Self Healing Offset
See “Setting Advanced Radio Properties” on page 5-18 for more information
on each setting.
You can alter any of these settings for a particular radio. Simply select Network
Setup > Radio > Configuration, select the radio, and click Edit. Locate the
Advanced Properties section in the screen that displays.
Situations in which you might alter these settings on a radio include, but are
not limited to:
■ This radio uses two non-matching antennas—Select the antenna that the
radio should use from the Antenna Mode drop-down menu.
■ You want a different module to adopt this RP when you install it—Change
the value in the Adoption Preference ID field to match the value on the
module that should adopt this RP.
■ The RF network supported by this radio experiences many collisions,
perhaps caused by “hidden” stations—Lower the value in the RTS Thresh-
old field.
■ This radio supports multicast video streaming traffic and users have
reported jittery video—Have the radio send DTIMs more frequently by
lowering the value in the DTIM Period field. You could also lower the value
in the Beacon Interval field.
■ This radio is configured to raise its transmit power in response to a failed
neighbor—Configure the Self Healing Offset so that the radio does not raise
its power too high.