Cisco Systems OL-6415-04 Configuring RTS Threshold and Retries, Configuring Maximum Data Retries

Chapter 2 Configuring Radio Settings

Configuring RTS Threshold and Retries

	Command	Purpose
Step 3
	beacon period value	Set the beacon period. Enter a value in Kilomicroseconds.
Step 4
	beacon dtim-period value	Set the DTIM. Enter a value in Kilomicroseconds.
Step 5
	end	Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 6
	copy running-config startup-config	(Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.

Configuring RTS Threshold and Retries

The RTS threshold determines the packet size at which the wireless device issues a request to send (RTS) before sending the packet. A low RTS Threshold setting can be useful in areas where many client devices are associating with the wireless device, or in areas where the clients are far apart and can detect only the wireless device and not each other. You can enter a setting ranging from 0 to 2347 bytes.

Maximum RTS retries is the maximum number of times the wireless device issues an RTS before stopping the attempt to send the packet over the radio. Enter a value from 1 to 128.

The default RTS threshold is 2312, and the default maximum RTS retries setting is 32. Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to configure the RTS threshold and maximum RTS retries:

	Command	Purpose
Step 1
	configure terminal	Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
	interface dot11radio { 0 1 }	Enter interface configuration mode for the radio interface. The
		2.4-GHz radio is radio 0, and the 5-GHz radio is radio 1.
Step 3
	rts threshold value	Set the RTS threshold. Enter an RTS threshold from 0 to 2347.
Step 4
	rts retries value	Set the maximum RTS retries. Enter a setting from 1 to 128.
Step 5
	end	Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 6
	copy running-config startup-config	(Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.

Use the no form of the command to reset the RTS settings to defaults.

Configuring Maximum Data Retries

The maximum data retries setting determines the number of attempts the wireless device makes to send a packet before giving up and dropping the packet.

The default setting is 32. Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to configure the maximum data retries:

	Command	Purpose
Step 1
	configure terminal	Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
	interface dot11radio { 0 1 }	Enter interface configuration mode for the radio interface. The
		2.4-GHz radio is radio 0, and the 5-GHz radio is radio 1.
Step 3
	packet retries value	Set the maximum data retries. Enter a setting from 1 to 128.
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