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Chapter 16: Configuring Radio Settings
Understanding Radio Settings
The following sections describe how to configure Radio Settings on the 9160 Wire-
less Gateway:
16.1 Understanding Radio Settings
Radio settings directly control the behaviour of the radio device in the access point,
and its interaction with the physical medium; that is, how/what type of electromag-
netic waves the AP emits. You can specify whether the radio is on or off, radio
frequency (RF) broadcast channel, beacon interval (amount of time between AP
beacon transmissions), transmit power, IEEE 802.11 mode in which the radio oper-
ates, and so on.
The 9160 Wireless Gateway is available as a single or dual-band access point with
one or two radios.
The single band access point can broadcast in the following modes:
• IEEE 802.11b
• IEEE 802.11g
The dual-band access point is capable of broadcasting in the following modes:
• IEEE 802.11b mode
• IEEE 802.11g mode
• IEEE 802.11a mode
The IEEE mode, along with other radio settings, are configured as described in
“Navigating To Radio Settings” on page 156 and “Configuring Radio Settings” on
page 157.