NETGEAR WAG302 manual Auto RF Management

Reference Manual for the NETGEAR ProSafe Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAG302

Configuration

Figure 5-3: Advanced Wireless Settings screen AutoCell Setup options

The advanced wireless settings are as follows:

•AutoCell Auto RF Management: AutoCell discovers other Wi-Fi devices and includes them in its inventory, then tunes the network to avoid interference and maximize performance. The default is disabled.

–Automatic Channel Selection avoids noise from other business tenants, cordless phones, radar, and microwave ovens and other Wi-Fi devices in the network.

–Automatic Transmit Power Control creates micro-cells to allow higher density deployment of APs and maximum performance.

–Load Balancing constantly monitors the network and shifts clients to the lightest loaded access points. Load-balancing requires AutoCell clients.

•AutoCell Enhanced RF Security: In addition to standard encryption and security mechanisms such as WEP and WPA, AutoCell's self-organizing micro cells provide an additional level of privacy for enterprises. The default is disabled.

In this mode, AutoCell shrinks the size of coverage to the minimum to reach clients but also shrinks the size of the beacons that access points use to announce their presence. This mode makes an enterprise wireless LAN nearly invisible to users outside an office building.

AutoCell clients are highly-recommended for Enhanced RF Security.

Auto RF Management

Note: Channel selection and power management is automatically adjusted by AutoCell when the Auto RF Management option is enabled.

In this mode, AutoCell APs and clients load-balance traffic across under utilized APs. This mode avoids interference from neighbors clients and APs and other unexpected sources.

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