RLX2-IHx Series ♦ 802.11a, b, g, n
Configuring a Radio - Detailed Configuration
Industrial Hotspots
User Manual
ProSoft Technology, Inc.
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Parameter
Description
Min-Max Data Rate The maximum and minimum data transmission rates, advertised by this radio
in its Beacon. All wireless devices connected to this unit will limit their Tx Rate
to values in this range. Available settings range from 1 to 54 when in
802.11ag mode, MCS0 to MCS7 when in 802.11n mode with only 1 antenna
(1 stream rates) and MCS0 to MCS15 when in 802.11n mode with 2 or 3
antennas (2 stream rates).
Note that only the 2 stream rates that are part of the radios 'rate set' will be
included. The radio gives preference to a 1 stream rate over a 2 stream rate
when the bit rates are similar.
Max Basic Rate
The maximum Basic transmission rate, advertised by this radio in its Beacon.
Basic Rates are used for packets such as Broadcasts that need to go to the
whole network and for Management frames. The Max Basic Rate setting of
the Master is advertised to each of the radios in the network through Beacons.
Each radio, other than the Master, then inherits the Max Basic Rate setting of
the Master. Therefore the setting only needs to be made in the Master radio.
The setting in each of the other radios is disregarded. Available settings range
from 1 to 54 Mb/s.
Optimize For
This control allows ease of configuration for the following controls, for three
specific interoperability scenarios.
3
RD
P
ARTY
C
LIENTS
-
optimizes these controls for providing an
infrastructure for peer devices such as laptops, tablets, phones or any
other wifi devices that perform regular power saving. If this setting is not
used, then these client devices may have difficulty in finding the network's
SSID, and their communication may be erratic due to broadcasts not
being transmitted when expected. RLX2-IHx bridging will still function,
although the RLX2s will be responding to all scanning client devices
which may introduce some jitter to data being transferred.
RLX2
B
RIDGING
-
optimizes Immediate Broadcasts, Ignore Probes and
Range for operation when peer devices are primarily other RLX2s.
S
ECURE
B
RIDGING
-
is similar to RLX2-IHx Bridging but in addition
enables the ProSoft-only Clients control which rejects any connections
from 3rd-party client devices.
Immediate Bcasts
Specifies that the radio forwards multicast traffic immediately, rather than
waiting for specific time intervals.
Ignore Probes
If set to No will respond to all Probe Requests that are received. If set to Yes
will only respond to probe requests that are specific to the radio's SSID and
will ignore all general probes.
ProSoft-only
Clients
If set to Off will allow all 802.11 devices that have the correct security keys to
connect to this Bridge. If set to On, will reject all connections from 3rd-party
non-ProSoft wireless devices.
Range (km)
The Range setting allows the radios to account for round trip delays. The
Range settings should be the same in all radios in the network and should be
at least large enough to account for the length of any links. However,
increasing the Range beyond what is necessary can cause a slight decrease
in throughput.
uAPSD Support
This determines whether uAPSD support (Unscheduled Automatic Power
Save Delivery) is advertised in this unit's Beacons. When set to Off, client
devices connecting to this unit will not attempt to use uAPSD. When set to On,
client devices will use uAPSD if they support it, otherwise they will use normal
802.11 power saving. uAPSD support is On by default. Typically this would
only be set to Off if the client device's implementation of uAPSD is not optimal
and performance suffers when it attempts to use it. In these cases response
of the client device is often better when normal power saving is used.