X-Micro Tech XWL-11GRTX What is RTS Request To Send Threshold?, What is Beacon Interval?

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to low fragment overhead. Hence there is a trade-off between spatial re-use and fragment overhead.

Fragment threshold is the maximum packet size used for fragmentation. Packets larger than the size programmed in this field will be fragmented.

If you find that your corrupted packets or asymmetric packet reception (all send packets, for example). You may want to try lowering your fragmentation threshold. This will cause packets to be broken into smaller fragments. These small fragments, if corrupted, can be resent faster than a larger fragment. Fragmentation increases overhead, so you'll want to keep this value as close to the maximum value as possible.

4.11What is RTS (Request To Send) Threshold?

The RTS threshold is the packet size at which packet transmission is governed by the RTS/CTS transaction. The IEEE 802.11-1997 standard allows for short packets to be transmitted without RTS/CTS transactions. Each station can have a different RTS threshold. RTS/CTS is used when the data packet size exceeds the defined RTS threshold. With the CSMA/CA transmission mechanism, the transmitting station sends out an RTS packet to the receiving station, and waits for the receiving station to send back a CTS (Clear to Send) packet before sending the actual packet data.

This setting is useful for networks with many clients. With many clients, and a high network load, there will be many more collisions. By lowering the RTS threshold, there may be fewer collisions, and performance should improve. Basically, with a faster RTS threshold, the system can recover from problems faster. RTS packets consume valuable bandwidth, however, so setting this value too low will limit performance.

4.12What is Beacon Interval?

In addition to data frames that carry information from higher layers, 802.11 includes management and control frames that support data transfer. The beacon frame, which is a type of management frame, provides the "heartbeat" of a wireless LAN, enabling stations to establish and maintain communications in an orderly fashion.

Beacon Interval represents the amount of time between beacon transmissions. Before a station enters power save mode, the station needs the beacon interval to know when to wake up to receive the beacon (and learn whether there are

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Contents Wlan 11g Broadband Router MAX. OUT Power Federal Communications Commission FCC Statement Disclaimer CopyrightTable of Contents Frequently Asked Questions FAQ What is WMM? What is Wlan ACK TIMOUT? Terminology VPN 2Product Specifications 1Package contentsGeneric Router Product FeaturesWlan LED Panel DescriptionWAN 2Software Installation 1Hardware InstallationFor OS of Microsoft Windows 2000, XP For OS of Microsoft Windows 95/ 98/ MeFor OS of Microsoft Windows NT Connect to the X-Micro Wlan 11g Broadband RouterItemDescription Bssid Operation Mode Setup WizardIII LAN Interface Setup II Time Zone SettingWireless Basic Settings IV WAN Interface SetupDescription VI Wireless Security SetupWireless Basic Settings MAC address. Client Mode only Wireless Advanced SettingsSystem, Shared Key or Auto selection Wlan IC of Realtek Wireless Security SetupOnly Characters. WPA, PersonalPre-Shared KeyWEP Key Setup Click the Disabled , Allow Listed or Deny Listed Wireless Access ControlWDS Settings II WDS AP Table WDS Security SetupWEP64bits, WEP128bits, Wpatkip WPA2AES or NoneSite Survey LAN Interface Setup Click to open the Active Dhcp Client Table window WAN Interface SetupInformation. Server mode only Static IP II Dhcp Client Server There are Continuous , Connect on Demand III PPPoEIf you select the PPPoE and Connect on Demand IV Pptp Firewall Port Filtering Firewall IP Filtering Firewall MAC Filtering Firewall Port Forwarding Screen snapshot Firewall Port Forwarding Firewall DMZ Firewall URL FilteringEnable DMZ Click to enable the DMZ function VPN SettingScreen snapshot VPN Setup VPN Setup Edit Tunnel Mode only Click to select DH1modp768 , DH2modp1024 or II Advanced IKE SetupReceived Packets Management StatisticsSent Packets Management Ddns Management Time Zone SettingManagement Denial-of-Service Management Log Management Upgrade Firmware Management Save/ Reload Settings Management WatchDog Management Password SetupManagement Quality of Service Screen snapshot Management Qaulity of Service Bandwidth Control Table LogoutRemoved from the Current Bandwidth Control Addresses Current Bandwidth Control Table2What is Wireless LAN? 1What and how to find my PC’s IP and MAC address?4How does wireless networking work? 3What are ISM bands?6What is ESSID? 5What is BSSID?What is Fragment Threshold? 8What are the Open System and Shared Key authentications?9What is WEP? What is Beacon Interval? What is RTS Request To Send Threshold?What is Ssid Broadcast? What is Preamble Type?What is Wi-Fi Protected Access WPA? What is WPA2?What is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TKIP? What is 802.1x Authentication?What is Advanced Encryption Standard AES? What is Inter-Access Point Protocol IAPP?What is Clone MAC Address? What is Maximum Transmission Unit MTU Size?What is DDNS? What is NTP Client?What is Wlan ACK TIMOUT? Example One PPPoE on the WAN Configure the LAN interface Configure the WAN interfaceExample Two Fixed IP on the WAN Configure the Wlan interface192.168.2.254 192.168.2.10Configuration Example Two Fixed IP on the WAN Configure the WAN interface Configure the Wlan interface