CHAPTER 7 Wireless Configuration
Advanced Settings
ADVANCED WIRELESS The Advanced Wireless section on the Wireless Settings Advanced page includes additional radio parameters.
Figure 37: Advanced Wireless Settings
The following items are displayed in this section on this page:
◆BG Protection Mode — Enables a backward compatible protection mechanism for 802.11b clients. There are three modes: (Default: Auto)
■Auto — The unit enables its protection mechanism for 802.11b clients when they are detected in the network. When 802.11b clients are not detected, the protection mechanism is disabled.
■On — Forces the unit to always use protection for 802.11b clients, whether they are detected in the network or not. Note that enabling b/g Protection can slow throughput for 802.11g/n clients by as much as 50%.
■Off — Forces the unit to never use protection for 802.11b clients. This prevents 802.11b clients from connecting to the network.
◆Beacon Interval — The rate at which beacon signals are transmitted from the access point. The beacon signals allow wireless clients to maintain contact with the access point. They may also carry power- management information. (Range:
◆Data Beacon Rate (DTIM) — The rate at which stations in sleep mode must wake up to receive broadcast/multicast transmissions.
Known also as the Delivery Traffic Indication Map (DTIM) interval, it indicates how often the MAC layer forwards broadcast/multicast traffic, which is necessary to wake up stations that are using Power Save mode. The default value of one beacon indicates that the access point will save all broadcast/multicast frames for the Basic Service Set (BSS)
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