2 rogue ap enhancements, 3 bandwidth management enhancements, 4 radius time-based authentication – Motorola AP-51XX User Manual

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Introduction

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For a information overview of the adaptive AP feature as well as how to configure it, refer to

Adaptive AP on page 10-1

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1.1.2 Rogue AP Enhancements

With the 2.0 release of the access point firmware, the access point now has the option to scan for
rogues over all channels on both of the access point’s 11a and 11bg radio bands. The switching of
radio bands is based on a timer with no user intervention required.

For information on configuring the access point for Rogue AP support, see

Configuring Rogue AP

Detection on page 6-55

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1.1.3 Bandwidth Management Enhancements

Use the Bandwidth Management

screen to control the network bandwidth allotted to individual

WLANs. Define a weighted scheme as needed when WLAN traffic supporting a specific network
segment becomes critical. Bandwidth management is configured on a per-WLAN basis. However,
with this latest version 2.0 release, a separate tab has been created for each access point radio. With
this new segregated radio approach, bandwidth management can be configured uniquely for
individual WLANs on different access point radios.

For information on configuring bandwidth management, see

Configuring Bandwidth Management

Settings on page 5-63

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1.1.4 Radius Time-Based Authentication

An external AAA server maintains a users and groups database used by the access point for access
permissions. Various kinds of access policies can be applied to each group. With this latest 2.0
version access point firmware, individual groups can be configured with their own time-based access
policy. Each group’s policy has a user defined interval defining the days and hours access is permitted.
Authentication requests for users belonging to the group are honored only during these defined hourly
intervals.

For more information on defining access point access policies by group, see

Defining User Access

Permissions by Group on page 6-76

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1.1.5 QBSS Support

Each access point radio can be configured to optionally allow the access point to communicate
channel usage data to associated devices and define the beacon interval used for channel utilization
transmissions. The QBSS load represents the percentage of time the channel is in use by the access

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