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2. Configure the Properties field to assign a name and placement designation for the radio.
Placement Use the
Placement
drop-down menu to specify whether the
radio is located outdoors or indoors. Default placement depends on
the country of operation selected for the
access point
.
MAC Address The
access point
, like other Ethernet devices, has a unique,
hardware encoded Media Access Control (MAC) or IEEE address.
MAC addresses determine the device sending or receiving data. A
MAC address is a 48-bit number written as six hexadecimal bytes
separated by colons. For example:
00:A0:F8:24:9A:C8. For
additional information on access point MAC address assignments,
see AP-51xx MAC Address Assignment on page 1-24 .