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Field Description
Channel Select the Channel.
The range of available channels is determined by the mode of the radio interface and the
country code setting. If you select Auto for the channel setting, the AP scans available
channels and selects a channel where no traffic is detected.
The Channel defines the portion of the radio spectrum the radio uses for transmitting and
receiving. Each mode offers a number of channels, depending on how the spectrum is
licensed by national and transnational authorities such as the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) or the International Telecommunication Union (ITU‐R).
When automatic channel assignment is enabled on the Channel Management page for
Clustering, the channel policy for the radio is automatically set to static mode, and the
Auto option is not available for the Channel field. This allows the automatic channel
feature to set the channels for the radios in the cluster.
Station Isolation To enable Station Isolation, select the check box directly beside it.
When Station Isolation is disabled, wireless clients can communicate with one another
normally by sending traffic through the AP.
When Station Isolation is enabled, the AP blocks communication between wireless clients
on the same radio and VAP. The AP still allows data traffic between its wireless clients and
wired devices on the network, across a WDS link, and with other wireless clients
associated with a different VAP, but not among wireless clients associated with the same
VAP.
Note: On dual‐radio APs, Station Isolation does not block communication between Radio 1
and Radio 2, even if the VAP configuration on each radio is the same.
AeroScout™ AeroScout Engine support provides location‐based services for wireless networks. Specify
Engine Protocol whether to enable support for the AeroScout protocol.
Support
Options are Enabled or Disabled. The default is Disabled. When enabled, Aeroscout
devices are recognized and data is sent to an Aeroscout Engine (AE) for analysis. The AE
determines the geographical location of 802.11‐capable devices, such as STAs, APs, and
AeroScout's line of 802.11‐enabled RFID devices, or tags. The AE communicates with APs
that support the AE protocol in order to collect information about the RF devices detected
by the APs. Using the AE protocol, D‐Link supports direct communication between AE and
the APs. When operating in managed mode, the AE is configured with the IP address of the
managed access points from which it collects information. The Wireless Switch cannot
communicate with the AE.
For more information about the AeroScout protocol, see "Enabling AeroScout™ Engine
Support" on page 57.
Note: Only AeroScout tag hardware of types T2 and T3 are explicitly supported. Other tag
models are also supported only if their implementation of the AeroScout protocol
conforms to the AeroScout Engine ‐ Access Point Interface Specification, version 2.1.
Note: AeroScout tags operate only in 802.11 b/g mode. Therefore, network administrators
who use the AeroScout tags must configure at least one radio on APs that are expected to
detect tags in either 802.11b/g or 802.11b/g/n mode. The radios configured in 2.4 GHz
IEEE 802.11 mode or any of the 5GHZ modes cannot detect AeroScout tags.
Note: The AE protocol allows access points to mark detected APs as rogue devices. The D‐
Link APs do not support this feature and never report detected APs as rogues.
D-Link
November 2011
Table 18: Wireless Settings (Cont.)
Wireless Settings
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