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Wireless > Advanced Wireless Settings
Wireless > Advanced Wireless Settings
This tab is used to set up the Router's advanced wireless
functions. These settings should only be adjusted by an
advanced user as incorrect settings can reduce wireless
performance.
Advanced Wireless Settings
AP Isolation
This isolates all wireless clients and wireless
devices on your network from each other. Wireless devices
will be able to communicate with the Router but not with
each other. To use this function, click Enabled. AP Isolation
is disabled by default.
Basic Rate The Basic Rate setting is not actually one rate
of transmission but a series of rates at which the Router
can transmit. The Router will advertise its Basic Rate to the
other wireless devices in your network, so they know which
rates will be used. The Router will also advertise that it will
automatically select the best rate for transmission. The
default setting is Default, when the Router can transmit
at all standard wireless rates (1-2Mbps, 5.5Mbps, 11Mbps,
18Mbps, and 24Mbps). Other options are -Mbps, for
use with older wireless technology, and All, when the
Router can transmit at all wireless rates. The Basic Rate
is not the actual rate of data transmission. If you want to
specify the Router's rate of data transmission, configure
the Transmission Rate setting.
Transmission Power The amount of transmission power
should be set so that the Router uses only as much
power as needed to reach the farthest device in your
wireless network. This can help prevented unwanted
eavesdropping on your wireless network. You can select
from a range of power levels, from Full, Half, Quarter,
Eighth, or Min. The default setting is Full.
CTS Protection Mode CTS (Clear-To-Send) Protection
Mode's default setting is Auto. The Router will automatically
use CTS Protection Mode when your Wireless-G products
are experiencing severe problems and are not able to
transmit to the Router in an environment with heavy
802.11b traffic. This function boosts the Router's ability
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to catch all Wireless-G transmissions but will severely
decrease performance.
Beacon Interval The default value is 00. Enter a value
between 1 and 65,535 milliseconds. The Beacon Interval
value indicates the frequency interval of the beacon. A
beacon is a packet broadcast by the Router to synchronize
the wireless network.
DTIM Interval The default value is . This value, between
1 and 255, indicates the interval of the Delivery Traffic
Indication Message (DTIM). A DTIM field is a countdown
field informing clients of the next window for listening to
broadcast and multicast messages. When the Router has
buffered broadcast or multicast messages for associated
clients, it sends the next DTIM with a DTIM Interval value.
Its clients hear the beacons and awaken to receive the
broadcast and multicast messages.
Fragmentation Threshold
should remain at its default value of . It specifies the
maximum size for a packet before data is fragmented into
multiple packets. If you experience a high packet error rate,
you may slightly increase the Fragmentation Threshold.
Setting the Fragmentation Threshold too low may result
in poor network performance. Only minor reduction of
the default value is recommended.
RTS Threshold
The RTS Threshold value should remain at
its default value, . Should you encounter inconsistent
data flow, only minor reduction of the default value, 2347,
is recommended. If a network packet is smaller than the
preset RTS threshold size, the RTS/CTS mechanism will
not be enabled. The Router sends Request to Send (RTS)
frames to a particular receiving station and negotiates
the sending of a data frame. After receiving an RTS, the
wireless station responds with a Clear to Send (CTS) frame
to acknowledge the right to begin transmission.
When you have finished making changes to the screen,
click Save Settings to save the changes, or click Cancel
Changes to undo your changes. For help information,
click More.
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In most cases, this value