Change Your Wireless Interface Settings; Enable/Disable Interference Robustness; Enable/Disable Closed System; Enable/Disable Load Balancing - Proxim Orinoco AP-2500 User Manual

Using the Command Line Interface

Change your Wireless Interface Settings

Enable/Disable Interference Robustness

– 3 = wireless card in Slot A
– 4 = wireless card in Slot B
[Device Name]>set wif <3 or 4> interrobust <enable/disable>
This feature is only available for 802.11b wireless cards.

Enable/Disable Closed System

– 3 = wireless card in Slot A
– 4 = wireless card in Slot B
[Device Name]>set wif <3 or 4> closedsys <enable/disable>
NOTE: When disabled, a client configured with the Network Name "ANY" can connect to the AP-2500. This feature is
only available for 802.11b wireless cards.

Enable/Disable Load Balancing

– 3 = wireless card in Slot A
– 4 = wireless card in Slot B
[Device Name]>set wif <3 or 4> ldbalance <enable/disable>
This feature is only available for 802.11b wireless cards.

Enable/Disable Medium Density Distribution

– 3 = wireless card in Slot A
– 4 = wireless card in Slot B
[Device Name]>set wif <3 or 4> meddendistrib <enable/disable>
This feature is only available for 802.11b wireless cards.

Autochannel Select (ACS)

ACS is enabled by default. In order to disable ACS, disable the cards in slots A and B and reboot.
– 3 = wireless card in Slot A
– 4 = wireless card in Slot B
[Device Name]>set wif <3 or 4> autochannel disable
[Device Name]>reboot 0
Re-enable ACS
– 3 = wireless card in Slot A
– 4 = wireless card in Slot B
[Device Name]>set wif <3 or 4> autochannel enable
[Device Name]>reboot 0

Set the Distance Between APs

– 3 = wireless card in Slot A
– 4 = wireless card in Slot B
[Device Name]>set distaps <large, medium, small, minicell, microcell>
[Device Name]>reboot 0
This feature is only available for 802.11b wireless cards.
NOTE: The distance between APs should not be approximated. It is calculated by means of a manual Site Survey, in
which an AP-2500 unit is set up and clients are tested throughout the area to determine signal strength and
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