Motorola WS5100 manual 4.7.1.1Configuring an AP’s Global Settings

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channels and moves the radio to the channel where it is least likely to have interference from the other radios. Use the Export option to move the contents of the table to a Comma Separated Values file (CSV).

10.Click the Global Settings button to display a screen with settings applying to all radios on the system. For more information, see Configuring an AP’s Global Settings on page 4-67.

4.7.1.1Configuring an AP’s Global Settings

Use the Global Settings screen to define an adoption preference ID for the switch and enable an option to adopt non-configured radios. This can be helpful when you do not want to change an access port’s configuration but require the access port to be adopted.

To edit Global Radio configuration settings:

1.Select Network > Access Port Radios from the main menu tree.

2.Click the Configuration tab.

3.Click the Global Settings button to display a screen containing global settings which apply to all radios on the switch.

4.Set an Adoption Preference ID value between 1 and 65535.

To define a radio as preferred, the access port preference ID should be same as adoption preference ID. The adoption preference ID is used for AP load-balancing. A switch will preferentially adopt access ports having the same adoption-preference-id as the switch itself.

The Adoption Preference ID defines the preference ID of the switch. The value can be set between 1 and 65535. To make the radios preferred, the access port preference ID should be same as adoption preference ID.

Setting the preference ID to a 0 value essentially means you “do not care” what the value is and the switch will automatically assign a preference ID.

The adoption preference ID is used for AP load-balancing. A switch preferentially adopt APs which have the same adoption-preference-id as the switch itself. In a layer 3 environment, the access port adoption process is somewhat unique, for more information, see

Configuring Layer 3 Access Port Adoption on page 4-88.

5.To enable automatic adoption of non-configured radios on the network, check the box marked Adopt unconfigured radios automatically. Default radio settings are applied to access ports when they are automatically adopted. Enable this option to allow the adoption of access ports even when they are not configured. Default radio settings are applied to access ports adopted automatically.

6.Click the Configure Port Authentication button to open a new dialogue with port authentication configuration information.