ZyXEL Communications NWA Series User Manual page 108

Table 42 Configuration > Wireless > AP Management (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Radio 1 OP Mode Select the operating mode for radio 1.
AP Mode means the radio can receive connections from wireless clients and pass their data
traffic through to the Zyxel Device to be managed (or subsequently passed on to an
upstream gateway for managing).
MON Mode means the radio monitors the broadcast area for other APs, then passes their
information on to the Zyxel Device where it can be determined if those APs are friendly or
rogue. If a radio is set to this mode it cannot receive connections from wireless clients (see
Section 1.2.3 on page
Root AP means the radio acts as an AP and also supports the wireless connections with
other APs (in repeater mode) to form a WDS (Wireless Distribution System) to extend its
wireless network.
Repeater means the radio can establish a wireless connection with other APs (in either root
AP or repeater mode) to form a WDS.
Radio 1 Profile Select the radio profile the radio uses.
Note: You can only apply a 2.4G AP radio profile to radio 1. Otherwise, the first
Radio 1 WDS Profile This field is available only when the radio is in Root AP or Repeater mode.
Select the WDS profile the radio uses to connect to a root AP or repeater.
Uplink Selection This field is available only when the radio is in Repeater mode.
Mode
Select AUTO to have the Zyxel Device automatically use the settings in the applied WDS
profile to connect to a root AP or repeater.
Select Manual to have the Zyxel Device connect to the root AP or repeater with the MAC
address specified in the Radio 1 Uplink MAC Address field.
Max Output Power Enter the maximum output power (between 0 to 30 dBm) of the Zyxel Device in this field. If
there is a high density of APs in an area, decrease the output power of the Zyxel Device to
reduce interference with other APs.
Note: Reducing the output power also reduces the Zyxel Device's effective
MBSSID Settings
Edit Double-click an entry or select it and click Edit to open a screen where you can modify the
entry's settings. In some tables you can just click a table entry and edit it directly in the
table. For those types of tables small red triangles display for table entries with changes that
you have not yet applied.
# This field shows the index number of the SSID
SSID Profile This field displays the SSID profile that is associated with the radio profile.
Radio 2 Setting
Radio 2 Activate This displays if the Zyxel Device has a second radio.
Select the check box to enable the Zyxel Device's second radio.
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radio will not be working.
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