Settings

¾Power (mW): Select a power level from the supported power values at which the AP will operate for each selected protocol. You must keep the default values, which are based on the maximum transmit power for the protocol as permitted by the regulatory agencies in the countries for which you are doing the WLAN planning. Refer to Appendix D: Glossary of Terms for more details on regulatory domain compliance.

¾Click <Advanced Parameters> to set advance 802.11n parameters.

Note: There is only one channel in case of 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g protocols. Advanced Parameters is available only for the 802.11n protocol.

Click <Save> to save the changes. Alternately, click <Cancel> to discard the changes.

8.4Settings: Sensor Defaults

You can invoke Settings for Sensor Defaults in two ways:

•Select Settings from the Tools menu.

•Right‐click the Sensor in the Sensor tree in the Device Library window and select Properties. The Default AP Properties dialog box appears.

Figure 135. Settings – Sensor Defaults

Define settings for the following Sensor properties:

•Sensor Prefix: Specify the text to prefix to a Sensor when Sensors are numbered.

•Model: Select a Sensor model from the drop‐down list of commercially available Sensor models. Planner enables, disables, or changes the other properties in this dialog box based on the selected Sensor model.

•Select Radio: Select the radio from the drop‐down list.

•Radio Properties

¾Antenna: Select an antenna from the drop‐down list.

™Click <More> to view additional details of the antenna. The Select Antenna dialog box appears which helps you add or select the antenna in a better manner, from the list of available antennae. It is a good practice to keep Sensor antennae to be dipole or omni‐directional, which enables the Sensor to detect and prevent attacks from any direction.

¾Orientation: Select a direction from where the antenna would receive its power. The preview reflects the antenna radiation based on the antenna selected.

¾Active Protocol: Select an active protocol from the drop‐down list. Each radio can operate on any one of the protocols.

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