Motorola WS5100 Viewing Access Port Adoption Defaults, 4.8.1Configuring AP Adoption Defaults

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4.Enter a number between 0 and 15 for the AIFSN value for the selected radio.

The AIFSN value is the current Arbitrary Inter-frame Space Number. Higher-priority traffic categories should have lower AIFSNs than lower-priority traffic categories. This will causes lower-priority traffic to wait longer before trying to access the medium.

5.Enter a number between 0 and 65535 for the Transmit Ops value.

The Transmit Ops value is the maximum duration a device can transmit after obtaining a transmit opportunity. For Higher-priority traffic categories, this value should be set higher.

6.Enter a value between 0 and 15 for the Contention Window minimum value.

The CW Minimum is combined with the CW Maximum to make the Contention Window. From this range, a random number is selected for the back off mechanism. Lower values are used for higher priority traffic.

7.Enter a value between 0 and 15 for the Contention Window maximum value.

The CW Maximum is combined with the CW Minimum to make the Contention Window. From this range, a random number is selected for the back off mechanism. Lower values are used for higher priority traffic.

8.Refer to the Status field for the current state of the requests made from applet. This field displays error messages if something goes wrong in the transaction between the applet and the switch.

9.Click OK to use the changes to the running configuration and close the dialog.

10.Click Cancel to close the dialog without committing updates to the running configuration.

4.8 Viewing Access Port Adoption Defaults

Use the Access Port Adoption Defaults screen to configure the current radio adoption configurations, assigning WLANs and security schemes and to review each radio type, as well as the Access Category that defines which data type (Video, Voice, Best Effort and Background) the radio has been configured to process. It has the following tabs: 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.

•Configuring AP Adoption Defaults

•Configuring Layer 3 Access Port Adoption

•Configuring WLAN Assignment

•Configuring WMM

4.8.1Configuring AP Adoption Defaults

The Configuration tab displays the current radio adoption configuration including radio type, placement, channel setting and power settings. Many of these settings can be modified (as well as radio’s current rate settings) by selecting a radio and clicking the Edit button. These settings are the default configurations when the radios are set to auto-adopt.

To view existing Radio Configuration information:

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