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Configuring the ieee 802.11a radio – Allied Telesis AT-WA7500 User Manual

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AT-WA7500 User’s Guide

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Configuring the IEEE 802.11a Radio

The IEEE 802.11a radio will communicate with other 802.11a radios that
have the same:

‰ SSID (Network Name)

‰ Security

The 802.11a radio ships with either the full-range (5.15 to 5.35

If you configure an 802.11a radio as a master radio, it provides
simultaneous master and station support. This feature means that not
only do you only need one radio in WAPs and point-to-multipoint
bridges, but also it can heal itself. If the access point can no longer
communicate with the Ethernet network, it will try to wirelessly connect
to the root through another access point. Any access point that may
become a WAP should have a root priority set to 0 and have a secondary
LAN bridge priority.

To configure the 802.11a radio