Symbol Technologies AP-5131 User Manual

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Network Management

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On a single-radio AP-5131, Radio1 could either be an 802.11a or 802.11b/g radio depending
on which radio has been enabled.

2.

Configure the

Properties

field to assign a name and placement designation for the radio.

Placement

Use the

Placement

drop-down menu to specify whether the

radio is located outdoors or indoors. Default placement depends on
the country of operation selected for the

AP-5131

.

MAC Address

The

AP-5131

, like other Ethernet devices, has a unique, hardware

encoded Media Access Control (MAC) or IEEE address. MAC
addresses determine the device sending or receiving data. A MAC
address is a 48-bit number written as six hexadecimal bytes
separated by colons. For example: 00:A0:F8:24:9A:C8

Radio Type

The

Radio Type

parameter simply displays the radio type as

802.11a or 802.11b/g. This field is read only and always displays
the radio type selected from the

AP-5131

menu tree under the

Radio Configuration item.

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