Motorola WS5100 manual Editing Default Radio Adoption Settings

4-84WS5100 Series Switch System Reference Guide

4.8.1.1Editing Default Radio Adoption Settings

Use the Edit screen to dedicate a target radio as a detector radio, as well as change the radios settings (placement, power and channel) and advanced properties (antenna setting, maximum associations, adoption preference etc.).

To edit radio adoption configuration settings:

1.Select Network Setup > Radio Adoption Defaults from the main menu tree.

2.Click the Configuration tab.

3.Select a radio from the table.

4.Click the Edit button to display a screen to change the radio adoption default values for the currently selected radio type (either 802.11a or 802.11bg).

The Properties field displays the model family for the selected access port. The model is read only and cannot be modified. The Radio Type displays the radio type (802.11a or 802.11bg). This value is read only and cannot be modified

5.To use this radio as a detector to identify rogue APs on your network, check the box titled Dedicate this Radio as Detector. Setting this radio as a detector will dedicate this radio to detecting rogue APs on the network. Dedicated detectors do not connect to by clients.

6.Select the Single-channel scan for Rogue APs checkbox to enable the switch to detect rogue devices using its only its current channel of operation.

7.Within the Radio Settings field, configure the Placement of the radio as either Indoors or Outdoors. The setting will affect the selection channel and power levels. Default is Indoor.