Configuring Qos - NETGEAR WMS5316 - ProSafe 16-AP Wireless Management System Reference Manual

ProSafe 16 AP Wireless Management System WMS5316 Reference Manual
Table 3-1. Advanced Wireless Settings (continued)
Field or Setting
Aggregation Length
(1024-65535, 11n only)
AMPDU (11n only)
RIFS Transmission (11n only) Enable Reduced Interframe Space (RIFS) option to allow transmission of
Enable WiFi MultiMedia
(WMM)
DTIM Interval (1 and 255)
Preamble Type (11b/bg only)
Access Point Channel

Configuring QoS

You can use QoS to enable WMM for both upstream traffic from the station to the access point and
downstream traffic from the access point to the client station.You can use Basic QoS settings for
access points or Advanced QoS Settings for access point groups These settings are applied only to
NETGEAR ProSafe access points that support QoS.
WMM defines the following four queues in decreasing order of priority:
• Voice: The highest priority queue with minimum delay, which makes it ideal for applications
like VOIP and streaming media.
• Video: The second highest priority queue with low delay is given to this queue. Video
applications are routed to this queue.
Wireless Configuration
Description
The length that defines the maximum length of Aggregated MAC Protocol
Data Unit (AMPDU) packets. Larger aggregation lengths may sometimes
lead to better network performance. Aggregation is a mechanism used to
achieve higher throughput.
Allow the aggregation of several MAC frames into a single large frame to
achieve higher throughput. Enabling AMPDU may sometimes lead to better
network performance.
successive frames at different transmit powers. Enabling RIFS may lead to
better network performance.
Select this checkbox to ensure that applications that require better
throughput and performance are provided special queues with higher
priority. For more information about WMM, see
Enter the desired DTIM or the data beacon rate. This indicates the beacon
delivery traffic indication message period in multiples of beacon intervals.
A long transmit preamble may provide a more reliable connection or a
slightly longer range. A short transmit preamble gives better performance.
The Auto settings automatically handles both long and short preambles.
The default is Auto.
Each managed access point's Channel/Frequency can be individually
selected. The access points mode is either set to the one enabled for the
group or if it the selected mode is not available on the access point to the
mode providing highest performance.
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