Chapter 12 AP Profile
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 53 Configuration > Object > AP Profile > Add/Edit Profile
LABEL | DESCRIPTION |
Hide / Show | Click this to hide or show the Advanced Settings in this window. |
Advanced Settings |
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Create New | Select an item from this menu to create a new object of that type. |
Object | Any objects created in this way are automatically linked to this radio |
| profile. |
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General Settings |
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Activate | Select this option to make this profile active. |
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Profile Name | Enter up to 31 alphanumeric characters to be used as this profile’s |
| name. Spaces and underscores are allowed. |
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Operating | This displays if the |
Mode | Select AP+Bridge to have the radio function as an access point and |
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| bridge simultaneously. |
| Select Bridge/Repeater to have the radio function as a wireless |
| network bridge / repeater and establish wireless links with other APs. |
| Select MBSSID to have the radio function as an access point with |
| one or more BSSIDs. |
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802.11 Band | Select the wireless band which this radio profile should use. |
| 2.4 GHz is the frequency used by IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless clients. |
| 5 GHz is the frequency used by IEEE 802.11a/n wireless clients. |
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Channel | Select the wireless channel which this radio profile should use. |
| It is recommended that you choose the channel least in use by other |
| APs in the region where this profile will be implemented. This will |
| reduce the amount of interference between wireless clients and the |
| AP to which this profile is assigned. |
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SSID Profile | This displays if the operating mode is set to AP+Bridge. |
| Select the SSID profile this radio profile uses. |
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Advanced Settings |
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Channel Width | Select the channel bandwidth you want to use for your wireless |
| network. |
| Select Auto to allow the |
| bandwidth depending on network conditions. |
| Select 20 MHz if you want to lessen radio interference with other |
| wireless devices in your neighborhood. |
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Guard Interval | Set the guard interval for this radio profile to either short or long. |
| The guard interval is the gap introduced between data transmission |
| from users in order to reduce interference. Reducing the interval |
| increases data transfer rates but also increases interference. |
| Increasing the interval reduces data transfer rates but also reduces |
| interference. |
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