Chapter 8 Wireless Screen

 

Table 23 Wireless: Access Point

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

MCS Table

The MCS Rate table is available only when 802.11n/g or 802.11n/

 

 

 

a is selected as the 802.11 Radio Mode.

 

 

 

IEEE 802.11n supports many different data rates which are called

 

 

 

MCS rates. MCS stands for Modulation and Coding Scheme. This is an

 

 

 

802.11n feature that increases the wireless network performance in

 

 

 

terms of throughput.

 

 

 

For each MCS Rate (0-15), select either Enable (default) to have the

 

 

 

NWA use the data rate. Select Disable if you do not want the NWA to

 

 

 

use the data rate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enable Antenna

(For NWA-3160 and NWA-3163 only)

 

 

Diversity

Select this to use antenna diversity. Antenna diversity uses multiple

 

 

 

 

 

 

antennas to reduce signal interference.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enable Spanning

(R)STP (Section 8.3.1 on page 144) detects and breaks network loops

 

 

Tree Control

and provides backup links between switches, bridges or routers. It

 

 

(STP)

allows a bridge to interact with other (R)STP -compliant bridges in

 

 

 

your network to ensure that only one path exists between any two

 

 

 

stations on the network. Select the check box to activate STP on the

 

 

 

NWA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enable Roaming

Roaming allows wireless stations to switch from one access point to

 

 

 

another as they move from one coverage area to another. Select this

 

 

 

checkbox to enable roaming on the NWA if you have two or more

 

 

 

NWAs on the same subnet.

 

 

 

Note: All APs on the same subnet and the wireless stations must

 

 

 

have the same SSID to allow roaming.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

 

 

 

8.2.2 Bridge / Repeater Mode

Use this screen to have the NWA act as a wireless network bridge / repeater and establish wireless links with other APs. You need to know the MAC address of the peer device, which also must be in bridge / repeater mode.

 

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