Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave User Manual page 138

Table 83 APs/Devices > Manage > Settings Fields and Default Values (Continued)
Setting
Location
Latitude
Longitude
Altitude (meters)
Group
Folder
Auto Detect
Upstream Device
Down Status
Message
Automatically
clear Down
Status Message
when device
comes back up
Administrative
Status
Mode
4. Complete additional settings on the APs/Devices > Manage page, to include H-REAP, certificates, radio
settings, and network settings.
NOTE: For complete listing and discussion of settings applicable only to Dell PowerConnect W devices, see the Dell
PowerConnect W Configuration Guide in Home > Documentation.
Table 84 APs/Devices > Manage, Additional Settings
Setting
Mesh Role
138 | Discovering, Adding, and Managing Devices
Default Device Type
Read from the All
device
None All
None All
None All
Default Group All
Top All
Yes All
None All
None All
Enable All
Local All
Table 84
Default Device Type
Mesh AP Mesh Devices
Description
The SNMP location set on the device.
Text field for entering the latitude of the device. The latitude is used
with the Google Earth integration.
Text field for entering the longitude of the device. The longitude is
used with the Google Earth integration.
Text field for entering the altitude of the device when known. This
setting is used with the Google Earth integration. Specify altitude in
meters.
Drop-down menu that can be used to assign the device to another
Group.
Drop-down menu that can be used to assign the device to another
Group.
Selecting Yes enables automatic detection of upstream device, which
is automatically updated when the device is polled.
Selecting No displays a drop-down menu of upstream devices.
Enter a text message that provides information to be conveyed if the
device goes down.
Whether the message entered in the Down Status Message field
should be removed after the device returns to the Up status.
Enables or disables administrative mode for the device.
Designates the mode in which the device should operate. Options
include the following:
Local

H-REAP

 Monitor
 Rogue Detector
Sniffer

describes many of the possible fields.
Description
Drop-down menu specifies the mesh role for the AP as shown:
 Mesh AP —The AP will act like a mesh client. It will use other
APs as its uplink to the network.
Portal AP —The AP will become a portal AP. It will use a wired

connection as its uplink to the network and serve it over the radio
to other APs.
None —The AP will act like a standard AP. It will not perform

meshing functions
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