Chapter 3: Manage Menu
Table 3. Modify Radio Settings Window (Continued)
Parameter | Description |
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Transmit Power | Specifies the transmission power of the |
| access point. The power is selected from |
| a list of percentages, in the range of 1% to |
| 100%. The default is 100%. Here are the |
| guidelines: |
| - High transmission power levels are more |
| |
| the access point has a greater range. This |
| reduces the number of access points |
| required to cover a particular area. |
| - Low transmission power settings can be |
| useful in reducing overlap and |
| interference between access points or |
| increasing security by limiting the wireless |
| signals to a physical location. |
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Fixed Multicast Rate | Specifies the multicast transmission rate |
| of the access point. At the default Auto |
| setting, the multicast transmission rate is |
| fixed to the minimum rate in the Legacy |
| Rate Sets setting. The value is in Mbps. |
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Legacy Rate Sets | Specifies the supported and advertised |
| data transmission rates of the access |
| point. Here are the guidelines: |
| - The Supported row specifies the data |
| rates the access point supports. The |
| default setting is all data rates. |
| - The Basic row specifies the data rates |
| the access point advertises to other |
| access points and wireless clients. |
| - The access point is generally more |
| efficient when it advertises a subset of its |
| supported data rates. |
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MCS (Data Rate) Settings | Specifies the Modulation and Coding |
| Scheme (MCS) index the radio should |
| advertise to 802.11n clients. The MCS |
| indexes (also known as MCS data rates) |
| are defined in the 802.11n standard. |
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