Fortress Technologies ecure Wireless Access Bridge User Manual

Fortress Bridge: Configuration

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Radios in 

 mode do initiate connections 

with other Fortress Bridges—either directly with a root 
Bridge or with other non-root Bridges (as well as receiving 
connections from other non-root Bridges and wireless 
devices).

Typically, one Bridge serves as the root node (or root Bridge) 
and any other Bridges in the deployment are configured as 
non-root nodes.

In the Bridge’s default configuration, only 

 is configured 

with a 

 of 

, and it is in 

mode.

 In point-

to-point/multi-

point deployments the
radios used to connect
the networked Bridges
must be configured with
identical transmission
and reception settings.

In addition to establishing the basic uses and roles of the 
Bridge’s internal radios (Section Section 3.3.1), you can 
configure a number of operating parameters through the Bridge 
GUI.

Channel
The 

 setting selects the portion of the radio spectrum 

over which the radio will communicate.

Radios in non-root bridging mode do not bind to a channel, but 
rather to an SSID. The 

 setting will therefore be grayed 

out for either radio with a 

 setting of 

 and a 

 setting of 

.

The channels available for a radio in 

 

 or in 

 

 are a function of the frequency band it uses. 

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On 

 and 

 when it is configured to use the 

802.11a band, you can select channels 

, 

, 

, 

, 

, 

, 

, 

, 

, 

, 

, or 

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On 

, when it is configured to use the 802.11g band, 

you can select channels 

–

, inclusive.

The default channel setting for 

 when it is using the 

802.11G band is 

; on the 802.11a band its default setting is 

. 

The default channel setting of 

 is 

.

Selectable channel options for 

 therefore depend on the 

 selection made for it. (

 is fixed on the 

802.11a band; its channel selection options do not change.)

Transmit Power
The 

 setting specifies the power level at which the 

radio will transmit—from 

 to 

 dBm (decibels referenced to 

milliwatts), in increments of 1 dBm—or, by selecting 

 (the 

default for both radios), which configures the radio to transmit 
at maximum power (26 dBm for both radios).

In environments with a dense distribution of APs (and resulting 
potential for interference), it may be desirable to select a lower 

 setting than the default (

) for 

 when it is 

configured to use the 802.11g band. The 

 setting is 

otherwise appropriate for both radios.