If you're just using the gear for a building-to-building link, then turn the beacons off alltogether. There's no sense in advertising the presence of your link more than necessary!
Regards, Greg On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 12:28, Westman, Michael (324) wrote: > That's exactly what I was looking for. Our only implementation of this is in the > building to building links, since the buildings don't move often this doesn't seem > like a problem. > Infact, it would almost seem like an improvment since the radio would spend less > time sending beacons and more time transmitting my data. > > Thanks > Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: Moebius [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Mon 6/9/2003 1:31 PM > To: Westman, Michael (324); [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: > Subject: RE: [BAWUG] Beacon interval on Cisco BR350 > > > > The downside to a long beacon interval is that clients don't see becon > messages as often (which is how clients figure out which APs are > available). This can slow down the initial association to the access > point, and is usually only a problem in highly mobile networks.. i.e. > mobile.. I have not had any problems with long beacon periods in fixed > wireless applications. > > > > -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
