Fortress Technologies ecure Wireless Access Bridge User Manual

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Fortress Bridge: Command-Line Interface

[AP]>

set radio 1

Radio state [on|off] (on):
Radio band [802.11g|802.11a] (802.11g):

802.11a

[OK]
Reboot is required when changing radio band
Radio Mode [ap|bridge|ids] (ap):

bridge

[OK]
Bridge Mode [root|nonroot] (nonroot):

nonroot

Radio is in nonroot mode...cannot set channel
Transmit Power [auto|1-18] (auto):
Distance in miles [1-35] (1):

[OK]
Beacon interval (ms) [25..1000] (100):
Multicast [on|off] (on):off
RSSI Monitor [on|off] (off):

[OK]
Committing changes...
Reboot is required. [Y|N]?

As indicated in the output above, the

Channel

setting does not

apply to the bridging radios of non-root Bridges, which do not
bind to a channel, but rather to an SSID. In contrast,

Multicast

applies exclusively the bridging radios of non-root

Bridges, and it is only when configuring such radios that you
will see the

Multicast

option.

NOTE:

Because

STP requires mul-

ticasting, the multicast
option will be absent
(and the feature en-
abled) for non-root
bridging radios. If you
disable STP (Section
6.4.2) the multicast
option will be presented
for a non-root bridging
radio.

In root bridge and AP radios, the channels available for
selection depend on the 802.11 band used by the radio:
channels 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 149, 153, 157, or 161

are available for 802.11a radios; channels 1–11, inclusive are
available for Radio 1 when it is configured to use the 802.11g
band.

Configuration settings for Radio 2 omit the

Radio band

option;

Radio 2 is fixed on the 802.11a band. Configurable options—
with their selection-dependent permutations—are otherwise
the same for both radios.

[AP]>

set radio 2

Radio state [on|off] (on):
Radio 2 band fixed at 802.11a
Radio Mode [ap|bridge] (bridge):

[OK]
Channel [36|40|44|48|52|56|60|64|149|153|157|161] (149):

[OK]
Transmit Power [auto|1-18] (auto):

[OK]
Beacon interval (ms) [25..1000] (100):
RSSI Monitor [on|off] (off):
Committing changes...
Reboot is required. [Y|N]?

Alternatively, you can use the

set radio

command with valid

switches and arguments to change the settings of either radio:

[AP]>

set radio {1|2} [-state on|off] [-band 802.11g|802.11a] [-rmode ap|bridge]