Motorola WiNG 4.4, Reference Manual

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4.7.1.2 Configuring an AP’s Global Settings
Use the Global Settings screen to define an adoption preference ID for the switch and enable an option to adopt non-
configured radios. This can be helpful when you do not want to change an Access Port’s configuration but require the
Access Port be adopted.
To edit Global Radio configuration settings:
1. Select Network > Access Port Radios from the main menu tree.
2. Click the Configuration tab.
Client Bridge
Signal Monitor The Client Bridge Signal Monitor feature continuously monitors the connection between the
AP and the Base Bridge to which it is mesh connected to. When the signal strength of the
Base Bridge falls below a configured threshold, the AP starts a periodic monitoring of the
Base Bridge’s signal strength for 60 seconds. This monitoring is abandoned if the signal
strength becomes more than the configured threshold during the period of monitoring. When
this happens, the monitoring period is reset back to 60 seconds. While this monitoring
happens, the AP also passively listens to and monitors the signal strength of the other Base
Bridges.
If, at the end of 60 seconds, the Base Bridge’s signal strength remains below the configured
threshold, the AP compares the signal strength of the existing Base Bridge with the signal
strength of each of the found Base Bridges. All Base Bridges with signal strength below the
signal strength of the connected Base Bridge are ignored. Of the remaining Base Bridges, if
the difference in signal strength is greater than the configured delta value, the connection to
the existing Base Bridge is dropped and a new Base Bridge is selected based on the highest
RSSI value. If the difference in signal strength is less than the configured delta value, the
existing connection is maintained.
Click to enable the device to monitor the signal strength of the base bridge it is connected to.
Client Bridge
Signal Threshold This field configures the signal strength of the base bridge below which the device keeps
monitoring the connection to the base bridge. The default value is 65 dbm.
Client Bridge
Signal Delta This value is the difference between the signal strength of the monitored base bridge and the
found base bridges that causes the AP to drop its existing Base Bridge and establish a
connection to a new Base Bridge.
Mesh Time Out When Client Bridge is enabled, select either Enabled or Disabled to determine if the radio will
time out mesh client associations.