The following table describes the fields you can configure from the Radio tab on the Basic Setup page. After you change the settings, click Submit to apply the settings.
Table 9. Radio Settings
Field | Description |
State | Specify whether you want the radio on or off by clicking On or Off. |
| If you turn off a radio, the AP sends disassociation frames to all the wireless |
| clients it is currently supporting so that the radio can be gracefully shutdown |
| and the clients can start the association process with other available APs. |
Super A Super G
Super A and Super G attempt to increases performance through bursting and frame compression. Performance increases when the AP communicates with Super A and Super
| • To enable Super A or Super G, select Enabled. |
| • To disable Super A or Super G, select Disabled. |
| • To enable Super A or Super G with Dynamic Turbo, select Enable with |
| Dynamic Turbo. |
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RTS Threshold | The RTS threshold specifies the packet size of a request to send (RTS) |
| transmission. This helps control traffic flow through the access point, |
| especially one with a lot of clients. |
| If you specify a low threshold value, RTS packets will be sent more |
| frequently. This will consume more bandwidth and reduce the throughput of |
| the packet. |
| On the other hand, sending more RTS packets can help the network recover |
| from interference or collisions which might occur on a busy network, or on a |
| network experiencing electromagnetic interference. |
| The RTS Threshold value can be between 0 and 2347. |
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Load Balancing | If you enable load balancing, you can control the amount of traffic that is |
| allowed on the AP. |
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Load Utilization | This field allows you to set a threshold for the percentage of network |
| bandwidth utilization allowed on the radio. Once the level you specify is |
| reached, the AP stops accepting new client associations. |
| If you specify 0 in this field, all new associations will be allowed regardless |
| of the utilization rate. |
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RF Scan Other | The access point can perform RF scans to collect information about other |
Channels | wireless devices within range and then report this information to the WCS. |
| If you select the Scan Other Channels check box, the radio periodically |
| moves away from the operational channel to scan other channels. |
| Enabling this mode causes the radio to interrupt user traffic, which may be |
| noticeable with voice connections. Changing the channels also causes the |
| radio to lose |
| When the Scan Other Channels check box is not enabled the AP scans only |
| the operating channel. |
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RF Scan Interval | This field controls the length of time between channel changes during the RF |
| Scan. |
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