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802.11a, b, g
Radio Configuration / Diagnostic Utility
Industrial Hotspot
User Manual
Page 50 of 109
ProSoft Technology, Inc.
May 18, 2009
Field Description
Hello Time
The rate at which BPDUs are sent out. The industry standard is 2
seconds.
Max Age
Measures the age of the received protocol information recorded for a
port and ensures that this information is discarded when its age limit
exceeds the value to the maximum age parameter recorded by the
switch. The timeout value for this timer is the maximum age parameter
of the switches.
Forward Delay
Monitors the time spent by a port in the learning and listening states.
The timeout value is the forward delay parameter of the switches.
Path Costs
The RSTP and STP algorithms use a cost to determine which
connections should be used. The "spanning tree" is formed by
determining the least cost paths from any RSTP device back to the
root.
Wireless
To give preference to a wired connection, set the Wireless cost to 200.
Ethernet
To give preference to a wired Ethernet connection, set the Ethernet
cost to 100.
You can define multiple master radios on the same network. Then, if one master
radio goes down, any radios linked to it can switch over to the other master, so
the networked radios remain connected and transmitting. In order to be
redundant, the two masters should typically be on the same segment—in other
words, they should be wired together into the same switch. These two masters
can be assigned different channels to increase network bandwidth, but they must
be assigned the same SSID.
Also, because all radios are repeaters, you can set up each radio to be able to
reach a master radio via multiple repeater paths. Then, if a repeater goes down,
the linked radios can use a different path to get back to a master radio.
4.2.5 Advanced
Settings
This configuration page opens when you click the Advanced Configuration button
on the Radio Configuration form.