5.4.3 Wireless Advanced Settings
On this page you can configure the advanced settings to tweak the performance of your wireless network. Options available are: Data Rate, Transmit Power, Fragmentation Threshold, RTS Threshold, Protection Mode, WMM, Channel Bandwidth and Distance.
Data Rate: If you would like to have a fixed data rate, you may select one from the drop‐down list. However, for best performance it is recommended to use the Auto setting.
Transmit Power: You may have the different application distance of the device by selecting a value from the drop‐down list. This feature can be helpful in restricting the coverage area of the wireless network.
Antenna: You can select the antenna polarization to Diversity, Horizontal or Vertical.
Fragment: Packets over the specified size will be fragmented in order to improve performance on noisy networks.
RTS Threshold: Packets over the specified size will use the RTS/CTS mechanism to maintain performance in noisy networks and preventing hidden nodes from degrading the performance.
Protection Mode: If your wireless network is using both 802.11b and 802.g devices then it is recommended to enable this feature so that the 802.11b devices will not degrade the performance of 802.11g devices.
Distance (1‐30km): Specify a distance between 1 and 30Km.
Wireless Traffic Shaping: Specify the maximum bandwidth allocated to Incoming and Outgoing traffic.
Click on the Apply button to save the changes.