WS 2000 Wireless Switch System Reference Guide9-20
Configuring the Cafe Access Port
Finally, she names the third Access Port “Cafe AP” and gives it a channel of 9. In this case she makes sure Support Short
Preamble is not selected. There are two preambles in use in the wireless world, an older, longer one and a newer, shorter
one. Most wireless devices support both and use the shorter one by default. However, in the cafe, there will be older
wireless devices coming in and rather than confuse them, she will stick with the longer preamble on this WLAN.
Again, she clicks the Apply button to save her changes.