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4.8.1.1 Editing Default Radio Adoption Settings

Use the

Edit

screen to dedicate a target radio as a detector radio, as well as change the radios settings

(placement, power and channel) and advanced properties (antenna setting, maximum associations, adoption
preference etc.).

To edit radio adoption configuration settings:

1. Select

Network Setup

>

Radio Adoption Defaults

from the main menu tree.

2. Click the

Configuration

tab.

3. Select a radio from the table.

4. Click the

Edit

button to display a screen to change the radio adoption default values for the currently

selected radio type (either 802.11a or 802.11bg).

The

Properties

field displays the model family for the selected access port. The model is read only and

cannot be modified. The

Radio Type

displays the radio type (802.11a or 802.11bg). This value is read

only and cannot be modified

5. To use this radio as a detector to identify rogue APs on your network, check the box titled

Dedicate this

Radio as Detector.

Setting this radio as a detector will dedicate this radio to detecting rogue APs on

the network. Dedicated detectors do not connect to by clients.

6. Select the

Single-channel scan for Rogue APs

checkbox to enable the switch to detect rogue devices

using its only its current channel of operation.

7. Within the Radio Settings field, configure the

Placement

of the radio as either

Indoors

or

Outdoors

.

The setting will affect the selection channel and power levels. Default is Indoor.