Motorola Series Switch WS5100 - Manual (Page 141)

Network Setup 4-67
channels and moves the radio to the channel where it is least likely to have interference from the other
radios. Use the
Export option to move the contents of the table to a Comma Separated Values file (CSV).
10.Click the Global Settings button to display a screen with settings applying to all radios on the system.
For more information, see Configuring an AP’s Global Settings on page 4-67 .
4.7.1.1 Configuring an AP’s Global Settings
Use the Global Settings screen to define an adoption preference ID for the switch and enable an option to
adopt non-configured radios. This can be helpful when you do not want to change an access port’s
configuration but require the access port to be adopted.
To edit Global Radio configuration settings:
1. Select Network > Access Port Radios from the main menu tree.
2. Click the Configuration tab.
3. Click the Global Settings button to display a screen containing global settings which apply to all radios
on the switch.
4. Set an Adoption Preference ID value between 1 and 65535.
To define a radio as preferred, the access port preference ID should be same as adoption preference ID.
The adoption preference ID is used for AP load-balancing. A switch will preferentially adopt access ports
having the same adoption-preference-id as the switch itself.
The Adoption Preference ID defines the preference ID of the switch. The value can be set between 1 and
65535. To make the radios preferred, the access port preference ID should be same as adoption
preference ID.
Setting the preference ID to a 0 value essentially means you “do not care” what the value is and the
switch will automatically assign a preference ID.
The adoption preference ID is used for AP load-balancing. A switch preferentially adopt APs which have
the same adoption-preference-id as the switch itself. In a layer 3 environment, the access port adoption
process is somewhat unique, for more information, see
Configuring Layer 3 Access Port Adoption on page 4-88.
5. To enable automatic adoption of non-configured radios on the network, check the box marked Adopt
unconfigured radios automatically . Default radio settings are applied to access ports when they are
automatically adopted. Enable this option to allow the adoption of access ports even when they are not
configured. Default radio settings are applied to access ports adopted automatically.
6. Click the Configure Port Authentication button to open a new dialogue with port authentication
configuration information.