Professional Access Point

Administrator Guide

1. Turn the Radio On or Off

To turn the radio on:

set

radio

wlan0

status

up

To turn the radio off:

set

radio

wlan0

status

down

2. Set the Radio Mode

Valid values depend on the capabilities of the radio. Possible values and how you would use the CLI to set each one are shown below.

IEEE 802.11b

set radio wlan0 mode b

IEEE 802.11g

set radio wlan0 mode g

The following command sets the Wireless Mode to IEEE 802.11g:

USR5453-AP#set radio wlan0 mode g

3. Enable or Disable Super G

You cannot enable/disable Super G from the CLI. You must set this from the Web User Interface. For information on how to set this option, please see the field description for this option in “Configuring Radio Settings” on page 130.

4. Set the Beacon Interval

The following command sets the beacon interval to 80.

USR5453-AP#set radio wlan0 beacon-interval 80

5. Set the DTIM Period

The Delivery Traffic Information Map (DTIM) period indicates how often wireless clients should check to see if they have buffered data on the access point awaiting pickup. The measurement is in beacons. Specify a DTIM period within a range of 1 - 255 beacons. For example, if you set this to "1" clients will check for buffered data on the access point at every beacon. If you set this to "2", clients will check on every other beacon.

The following command sets the DTIM interval to 3.

USR5453-AP#set bss wlan0bssInternal dtim-period 3

To get the updated value for DTIM interval after you have changed it:

USR5453-AP#get bss wlan0bssInternal dtim-period 3

6. Set the Fragmentation Threshold

You can specify a fragmentation threshold as a number between 256 and 2,346 to set the frame size threshold in bytes. The fragmentation threshold is a way of limiting the size of packets (frames) transmitted over the network. If a packet exceeds the fragmentation threshold set here, the fragmentation function will be activated and the packet will be sent as multiple 802.11 frames. If the packet being transmitted is equal to or less than the threshold, fragmentation will not be used. Setting the threshold to the largest value

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