2.4.2 Advanced Settings

You can set advanced wireless LAN parameters of this router. The parameters include Authentication Type, Fragment Threshold, RTS Threshold, Beacon Interval, preamble Type …… You should not change these parameters unless you

know what effect the changes will have on this router.

 

Parameters

 

Description

 

Fragment Threshold

 

"Fragment Threshold" specifies the maximum size of packet during the fragmentation of

 

 

data to be transmitted. If you set this value too low, it will result in bad performance.

 

 

 

 

RTS Threshold

 

When the packet size is smaller the RTS threshold, the wireless router will not use the

 

 

RTS/CTS mechanism to send this packet.

 

 

 

 

Beacon Interval

 

The interval of time that this wireless router broadcast a beacon. Beacon is used to

 

 

synchronize the wireless network.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DTIM Period

 

The DTIM period you specify here indicates how often the clients served by this access

 

 

point should check for buffered data still on the AP awaiting pickup.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data Rate

 

The “Data Rate” is the rate this access point uses to transmit data packets. The access

 

 

point will use the highest possible selected transmission rate to transmit the data packets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preamble Type

 

The “Long Preamble” can provide better wireless LAN compatibility while the “Short

 

 

Preamble” can provide better wireless LAN performance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you enable “Broadcast ESSID”, every wireless station located within the coverage of

 

Broadcast ESSID

 

this access point can discover this access point easily. If you are building a public

 

 

wireless network, enabling this feature is recommended. Disabling “Broadcast ESSID”

 

 

 

 

 

 

can provide better security.

 

 

 

 

 

IAPP

 

If you enable “IAPP”, it will allow wireless station roaming between IAPP enabled access

 

 

points within the same wireless LAN.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is recommended to enable the protection mechanism. This mechanism can decrease

 

CTS Protect

 

the rate of data collision between 802.11b and 802.11g wireless stations. When the

 

 

protection mode is enabled, the throughput of the AP will be a little lower due to many of

 

 

 

 

 

 

frame traffic should be transmitted.

 

 

 

 

 

Tx Power

 

You can adjust the wireless transmit power here. By reduce the tx power can let the

 

 

wireless signal only cover your working area.

 

 

 

 

Turbo Mode

 

By enable the turbo mode can enhance the throughput up to 35Mbps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WMM stands for Wi-Fi Multimedia. It is a standard created to define quality of service

 

WMM

 

(QoS) in Wi-Fi networks. This adds prioritized capabilities to Wi-Fi networks and

 

 

optimizes their performance when multiple concurring applications, each with different

 

 

 

 

 

 

latency and throughput requirements, compete for network resources.

 

 

 

 

Click <Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router.

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