
4.1.8 Wireless Advanced Settings
Data rate | You can select all data rates supported in current operation mode. Default |
| value is “best” which means the system will automatically adjust the |
| connection speed dynamically according to your current link status. |
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Transmit power | You can reduce RF output power by selecting Half |
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| wireless signal coverage. |
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Beacon interval | This value indicates the frequency interval of the beacon. A beacon is a |
| packet broadcast by the |
| beacon includes the wireless LAN service area, the AP address, the |
| Broadcast destination address, a time stamp, Delivery Traffic Indicator Maps, |
| and the Traffic Indicator Message (TIM). |
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Data beacon rate | Enter a value between 1 and 255 that specifies the Delivery Traffic Indication |
(DTIM) | Message (DTIM). A DTIM is a countdown informing clients of the next |
| window for listening to broadcast and multicast messages. When the AP has |
| buffered broadcast or multicast messages for associated clients, it sends the |
| next DTIM with a DTIM Interval value. AP Clients hear the beacons and |
| awaken to receive the broadcast and multicast messages. |
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