network scans on the wireless stations. Control is available while operating in
Access
Point
mode only.
Lock to AP MAC: This allows the station to always maintain connection to a specific
AP with a specific MAC (applicable for Station and Station WDS modes only). This is
useful as sometimes there can be few identically named SSID's (AP's) with different
MAC addresses. With AP lock on, the station will lock to MAC address and not roam
between several Access Points with the same ESSID.
Country Code: Different countries will have different power levels and possible
frequency selections. To ensure device operation follows regulatory compliance rules,
please make sure to select your correct country where device will be used. The
channel list, output power limits, IEEE 802.11 and Channel Spectrum Width modes will
be tuned according to the regulations of the selected country. Additionally, please
consult compliance guide for further explanation of international compliance
requirements.
IEEE 802.11 Mode: This is the radio standard used for operation of your AirOS
powered device. 802.11b is an older 2.4GHz mode while the 802.11g (2.4GHz) and
802.11a (5GHz) are newer standards based on faster Othogonal Frequency Division
Multiplexing (OFDM) modulation. For more information, please consult 802.11
compliance guide.
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PowerStation2/LiteStation2/Nano Station2 supported IEEE 802.11 modes:
B only
– connect to a 802.11b only network.
B/G Mixed
– connect to a 802.11b or 802.11g network (selected by default).
G only
– connect to a 802.11g only network.
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PowerStation5/LiteStation5/Nano Station5 supported IEEE 802.11 modes:
A
– connect to a 802.11a network (selected by default).
Channel Spectrum Width: This is spectral width of the radio channel. Supported
wireless channel spectrum widths:
5MHz
– is the channel spectrum with the width of 5 MHz (known as Quarter-
Rate mode).
10MHz
– is the channel spectrum with the width of 10 MHz (known as Half-
Rate mode).
20MHz
– is the standard channel spectrum width (selected by default).
40MHz
– the widest channel spectrum width required to connect to a 802.11a
network which supports Static Turbo feature (applicable for
PowerStation5/LiteStation5/Nano Station5 only).
Reducing spectral width provides 2 benefits and 1 drawback.
Benefit 1: It will increase the amount of non-overlapping channels. This can
allow networks to scale better
Benefit 2: It will increase the PSD (power spectral Density) of the channel and
enable the link distance to be increased
