User's Manual

EnRoute50x/51x User’s Guide
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When setting the output power for an access point, consider the output power of the
clients that will be communicating the access point. If these devices have output
power levels that are far lower than that of the access point, an asymmetric link may
result. Such a link exists when the received signal strength at clients is sufficient for
a downlink to the client be established, but the received signal level at the access
point is not sufficient for an uplink from the client to be established.
CLI
The example below shows how to set the access point radio‟s transmit power using the CLI.
Note that the value is not specified in dBm. Refer to Table 13 for correlation between output
power and the value set through the CLI.
> use wlan1
wlan1> set txpower=13
CLI txpower Value
Output Power (dBm)
1
18
10
20
13
22
Table 13. AP radio output power settings in the CLI
Web GUI
The access points transmit power can be set via the web interface using the appropriate
“wlanN” tab on the “Wireless Interfaces” page (see Figure 32). Drop-down menus display a list
of output power choices in dBm.