Retail Use Cases
All of the Access Ports will be indoors, so she specifies Placement as Indoors. She leaves Channel set to one and will reset each Access Port to a different 802.11b channel later. She sets the power level to 100mW, the maximum level allowed in the US.
She 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. She sees no reason to change those parameters.
She does not change the Antenna Diversity setting, Short Preamble setting, RTS Threshold, or the Beacon Settings. These parameters control some of the broadcast mechanics of an 802.11 conversation between mobile units and Access Ports. In most cases, there is no reason to change them.
Clarisa clicks Apply to save her changes.
After setting the default settings for 802.11a and 802.11b access ports, Clarisa removes the Access Ports from their packaging and labels the each with the name of the WLAN that it will support. She connects the Access Ports to the switch, using the ports selected in her plan.
Naming the POS Access Port
Having specified the general Access Port default values, Clarisa goes on to name and configure the Access Port for the POS WLAN. She selects the first Access Port in the left menu.
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WS 2000 Wireless Switch: 1.0 Date of last Revision: March 2004 |
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