Configuring Group Mac Access Control Lists; Specifying Minimum Firmware Versions For Aps In A Group - Dell PowerConnect W-Airwave User Manual

Table 69 Groups > Proxim Mesh > Mesh Cost Matrix Fields and Default Values (Continued)
Setting
Maximum Hops
to Portal
RSSI Factor
RSSI Cutoff
Medium
Occupancy
Factor
Current Medium
Occupancy
Weight
4. Select Save when configurations are complete to retain these settings. Select Save and Apply to make the
changes permanent, or select Revert to discard all unapplied changes.

Configuring Group MAC Access Control Lists

This configuration is optional. If you use Symbol, Proxim, or ProCurve 520WL wireless access points, AirWave
enables you to specify the MAC addresses of devices that are permitted to associate with APs in the Group. Other
devices are not able to associate to APs in the Group, even if the users of those devices are authorized users on the
network.
Perform the following steps to use the MAC ACL function.
1. Browse to the Groups > MAC ACL configuration page.
Figure 59 Groups > MAC ACL Page Illustration
2. Select Yes on the Use MAC ACL drop-down menu. Enter all authorized MAC addresses, separated by white
spaces.
3. Select Save when configurations are complete to retain these settings. Select Save and Apply to make the
changes permanent, or select Revert to discard all unapplied changes.

Specifying Minimum Firmware Versions for APs in a Group

This configuration is optional. AirWave allows you the option of defining the minimum firmware version for each
AP type in a group on the Groups > Firmware configuration page. At the time that you define the minimum
version, AirWave automatically upgrades all eligible APs.
When you add APs into the group in the future, you will be able to upgrade APs manually. The firmware for an
AP is not upgraded automatically when it is added to a group. Perform the following steps to make this firmware
configuration.
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Default Description
4 Set the maximum number of hops for the AP to reach the Portal AP.
5 Sets the factor associated with the RSSI values used when calculating the best path to the
portal AP. Higher factors will have more impact when deciding the best uplink.
10 Specifies the minimum RSSI needed to become a mesh neighbor.
5 Sets the factor associated with Medium Occupancy when calculating the best path to the
portal AP. Higher factors will have more impact when deciding the best uplink.
7 Specifies the importance given to the most recently observed Medium Occupancy against all
of the previously viewed medium occupancies. Lower values place more importance on
previously observed Medium Occupancies.
Figure 59 illustrates this page.
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