Wireless LAN Acc ess Point Configuration
Beacon Interval The interval of time that this access point broadcast a beacon. Beacon is
used to synchronize the wireless network.
Data R ate The “Data Rate” is the rate this access point uses to transmit data
packets. T he access point will u se the highest po ssible selected
transmission rate to transmit the data packets.
Preamble T ype Preamble type defines the len g th of CRC block in the f rames during the
wire less com muni cati on. “ Sh ort Pr e amble ” is sui tabl e for hi gh t r af fic
wireless network. “Long Preamble” can provide more reliable
communication.
Broadcast ESSID If you enable “Broadcast ESSID”, every wireless station located within
the coverage of 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 “I APP”, the acce ss poi nt will automati cally broadca st
information of associated wireless stations to its neighbors. This will help
wireless station roaming smoothly between access points. If you have
more than one access points in your wireless LAN and wireless stations
have roaming requirements, enabling this feature is recommended.
Disabling “IAPP” can provide better security.
802.11g Protection This is also called CTS Protection. It is recommended to enable the
protection mechanism. This mechanism can decrease 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.
Click Apply button at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure
other advance sections or start using the Access Point.
23