Information About Configuring Radio Settings On An Access Point - Cisco 800 series Configuring

Information About Configuring Radio Settings on an Access Point

Information About Configuring Radio Settings on an Access
Point
Before you configure radio settings on an access point, you should understand the following concepts:
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Wireless Device Roles in a Radio Network
Table 6
Universal client mode is not supported on the 85x ISRs.
Note
Table 6
Role in Radio Network
Root access point
Root bridge with or
without clients
Nonroot bridge without
clients
Universal client mode
Support of Workgroup
bridge clients
Data Rate Settings
You use the data rate settings to choose the data rates the AP uses for data transmission. The rates are
expressed in megabits per second. The AP always attempts to transmit at the highest data rate set to
Basic, also called Require on the browser-based interface. If there are obstacles or interference, the AP
steps down to the highest rate that allows data transmission. You can set each data rate (1, 2, 5.5, and 11
megabits per second) to one of three states:
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At least one data rate must be set to basic.
Note
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Wireless Device Roles in a Radio Network, page 2
Universal Client Mode, page 3
shows the role in the radio network for each of the following devices.
Device Role in Radio Network Configuration
Cisco 800
Series ISRs
X
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X
X
Basic (this is the default state for all data rates)—Allows transmission at this rate for all packets,
both unicast and multicast. At least one of the access point's data rates must be set to Basic.
Enabled—The AP transmits only unicast packets at this rate; multicast packets are sent at one of the
data rates set to Basic.
Disabled—The AP does not transmit data at this rate.
Configuring Radio Settings on an Access Point
Cisco 1800 Cisco 1841
Series ISRs Series ISRs
X X
– X
– X
X X
X X
Cisco 2800 Cisco 3800
Series ISRs Series ISRs
X X
X X
X X
X X
X X