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WS 2000 Wireless Switch System Reference Guide9-54
Configuring the Access Ports
The WS 2000 allows the user to specify default settings for Access Ports. Leo expands the Access Ports node in the left
menu and selects the 802.11b/g Defaults node. Leo has four AP 300 ports and he will be able to set the defaults for these
in this section.
All of the Access Ports will be indoors, so he specifies Placement as Indoors. He sets the default Channel as 1, even
though all of his Access Ports will be using different 802.11b/g channels. He sets the Power Level to 20dBm. This will
broadcast at 100 mW, the maximum level allowed in the US.
Leo leaves the Slowest Supported Rate and the Fastest Supported Rate as they are. The switch will operate at the
maximum rate allowed by radio conditions, scaling back as needed. He sees no reason to change those parameters.
He does not change the settings for Antenna Diversity, Support Short Preamble, RTS Threshold, or Beacon Settings.
These parameters control some of the broadcast mechanics of an 802.11 communication between mobile units and Access
Ports. In most cases, there is no reason to change them. He clicks Apply to save his choices.
After configuring the default Access Port settings, Leo gets four short 100baseT cables and connects the four Access Ports
to the switch. Just to make it easier to remember which port is which, he connects the one with the lowest MAC address
to the first port number, the next lowest MAC address to the next port, and so on.
As he configures each Access Port, he will need to assign each Access Port to a channel. He can minimize radio interference
if he has the radio channels for the different Access Ports separated as much as possible. He decides to use the following
allocation:
Access Port Channel
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