Wireless LAN Array
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Configuring the Xirrus Array
Procedure for Configuring the Network Interfaces
1.
Configure the
Fast Ethernet
,
Gigabit 1
and
Gigabit 2
network interfaces.
The fields for each of these interfaces are the same, and include:
a.
Enable Interface
: Choose
Yes
to enable this network interface (Fast
Ethernet, Gigabit 1 or Gigabit 2), or choose
No
to disable the
interface.
b.
Allow Management on Interface
: Choose
Yes
to allow management
of this Array via the selected network interface, or choose
No
to deny
all management privileges for this interface.
c.
Auto Negotiate
: This feature allows the Array to negotiate the best
transmission rates automatically. Choose
Yes
to enable this feature, or
choose
No
to disable this feature—the default is enabled. If you
disable the Auto Negotiate feature, you must define the Duplex and
Speed options manually (otherwise these options are not available).
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Duplex
: Full-duplex refers to the transmission of data in two
directions simultaneously (for example, a telephone is a full-
duplex device because both parties can talk and be heard at
the same time). In contrast, half-duplex allows data
transmission in one direction at a time only (for example, a
walkie-talkie is a half-duplex device because it allows only
one party to talk at any one time). If the Auto-Negotiate
feature is disabled, you can manually choose
Half
or
Full
duplex for your data transmission preference.
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Speed
: If the Auto-Negotiate feature is disabled, you can
manually choose the desired data transmission speed from
the pull-down list, either
Fast Ethernet
or
Gigabit
.
d.
MTU Size
: Specify the
MTU
(Maximum Transmission Unit) size.
When you specify the MTU, you are defining—in bytes—the largest
physical packet size that the network can transmit. Any messages
larger than the MTU that you specify here are divided into smaller
packets before being sent. The default is 1504 bytes.
