D-Link DWL-6000AP manual Using the Configuration Menu Advanced Performance

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Using the Configuration Menu

Advanced > Performance

The default Performance settings are shown in the illustration above. Wireless Band: Select 802.11a (up to 108 Mbps speed in turbo mode in the 5GHz range) or 802.11b (up to 22 Mbps speed with AirPlus adapters.)

Turbo Setting: Select Enabled or Disabled. The default setting is Disabled for

802.11a. 802.11b does not have the Turbo mode option.

Frequency: The frequency range will be displayed.

Channel: The default channel for 802.11a is 36.

The default channel for 802.11b is 6.

Data Rate: Select the transmission rate for the network

Beacon Interval: Beacons are packets sent by an Access Point to synchronize a wireless network. Specify a Beacon interval value (20-1000.) Default (100) is recommended.

DTIM: (Delivery Traffic Indication Message) Enter a value between 1 and 255 for the Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM.) A DTIM is a countdown informing clients of the next window for listening to broadcast and multicast messages.

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