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

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Introduction
Radio Ports
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.
Therefore, you can configure radio settings in two ways: for all RP radios or
for particular radios.
The Wireless Edge Services xl Module also deploys WLAN configurations to
adopted RPs, specifying settings such as these:
■ the SSID
■ the authentication method
■ the encryption standard
■ advanced settings such as:
• QoS protocols
• whether the WLAN operates in open or closed system
• whether stations are allowed to contact each other or not (inter-
station blocking disabled or enabled)
Unlike radio configurations, different WLAN configurations cannot be
deployed to different RPs, because all RPs in the same WLAN must use the
same settings. Indeed, one of the advantages of the Wireless Edge Services xl
Module is that you can more quickly and easily establish a WLAN throughout
an entire wireless network. (If necessary, you can use advanced mode config-
uration to disable a WLAN on a particular RP. See Chapter 3: Wireless Local
Area Networks (WLANs).)
Note Do not confuse the module’s configuration with the RPs’ configurations. You
configure settings on the module, many, but not all of which, it pushes down
to RPs.
Radio Adoption Default Configurations
The Wireless Edge Services xl Module stores two radio adoption default
configurations, one for 802.11a radios and one for 802.11 bg radios. In this way,
each type of radio receives the correct channel, data rate sets, and other
settings that may differ according to the 802.11 mode.