Intermec 6710 manual Master Parms, Channel and Subchannel

SECTION 4 " Configuration

[Master Parms]

[Master Parms] contains parameters the access point needs when you configure it as a Master radio. Settings are:

Channel	1
Subchannel	1
Wireless Hops	<Disabled>

Channel and Subchannel

Channel sets this radio’s hopping sequence. Subchannel enables access points to share the same channel without receiving another access point’s frames. The prompt for Channel and Subchannel is:

Range is: 0..15

The default for Channel and Subchannel is 1.

The channel must be unique for each access point located close enough together (within the same coverage area) such that a wireless station may choose to connect with any of them. To maximize the available bandwidth, the channel and subchannel pair should be unique for each closely located access point.

When channels are different among access points, an access point cannot receive another access point’s traffic. An access point discards frames if the channel and subchannel IDs in the frame header do not match the access point’s channel and subchannel settings.

Two access points on different subchannels share the same hopping sequence, but behave as if they were on different channels.

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