Motorola WR850 manual Advanced Wireless Configuration, Section

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Advanced Wireless Configuration

Section 3	Configuration

Advanced Wireless Configuration

The Wireless – Advanced screen allows you to turn your wireless network on and off and adjust wireless parameters. Generally, these settings should remain at their default values.

To access the screen, click Wireless > Advanced.

Field	Description
Radio Interface	Allows you to turn on and off the wireless feature. If you disable the
	radio interface, your router continues to service your wired network.
	The default is enabled.
Short Preamble	Improves the efficiency of a network's throughput when transmitting
	and receiving data. Motorola recommends that you enable this feature.
	The default is disabled.
Frame Bursting	Allows you to send more frames (collection of packets) within a given
	time period, which enhances network efficiency and reduces overhead.
	This feature works with other Motorola products to increase
	performance throughput. Motorola recommends that you enable this
	feature. This feature’s default setting is disabled for the WR850G and
	enabled for the WR850GP.
RTS Threshold	Allows you to modify the RTS threshold, which is the packet size at
	which an access point issues a request to send (RTS). The range is 0
	to 2347 bytes.
	The default is 2347.

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