Linksys WAG325N manual Wireless Advanced Wireless Settings

Chapter 3

Advanced Configuration

MAC 01-50 Enter the MAC addresses of the devices whose wireless access you want to block or allow

Click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes.

Wireless > Advanced Wireless Settings

This Advanced Wireless Settings screen is used to set up the Gateway’s advanced wireless functions. These settings should only be adjusted by an expert administrator as incorrect settings can reduce wireless performance.

Wireless > Advanced Wireless Settings

Advanced Wireless

AP Isolation.  This isolates all wireless clients and wireless devices on your network from each other. Wireless devices will be able to communicate with the Gateway but not with each other. To use this function, click Enabled. AP Isolation is disabled by default.

Authentication Type  The default is Auto, which allows either Open System or Shared Key authentication to be used. With Open System authentication, the sender and the recipient do NOT use a WEP key for authentication. With Shared Key authentication, the sender and recipient use a WEP key for authentication. Select Shared Key to only use Shared Key authentication.

Basic Rate  The Basic Rate setting is not actually one rate of transmission but a series of rates at which the device

can transmit. The device will advertise its Basic Rate to the other wireless devices in your network, so they know which rates will be used. The device will also advertise that it will automatically select the best rate for transmission. The default setting is Default, when the device can transmit at all standard wireless rates (1-2Mbps, 5.5Mbps, 11Mbps, 18Mbps, and 24Mbps). Other options are 1-2Mbps, for use with older wireless technology, and All, when the device can transmit at all wireless rates.

Transmission Rate  The rate of data transmission should be set depending on the speed of your wireless network. You can select from a range of transmission speeds, or you can select Auto to have the device automatically use the fastest possible data rate and enable the Auto-Fallback feature. Auto-Fallback will negotiate the best possible connection speed between the device and a wireless client. The default setting is Auto.

N Transmission Rate  The rate of data transmission should be set depending on the speed of your Wireless-N networking. You can select from a range of transmission speeds, or you can select Auto to have the device automatically use the fastest possible data rate and enable the Auto-Fallback feature. Auto-Fallback will negotiate the best possible connection speed between the device and a wireless client. The default setting is Auto.

CTS Protection Mode.  CTS (Clear-To-Send) Protection Mode’s default setting is Disabled. Select Auto so the device will automatically use CTS Protection Mode when your Wireless-N and Wireless-G products are experiencing severe problems and are not able to transmit to the device in an environment with heavy 802.11b traffic. This function boosts the device’s ability to catch all Wireless- N and Wireless-G transmissions but will severely decrease performance.

Beacon Interval  Enter a value between 1 and 65,535 milliseconds. The Beacon Interval value indicates the frequency interval of the beacon. A beacon is a packet broadcast by the Gateway to synchronize the wireless network(s). The default value is 100.

DTIM Interval  This value, between 1 and 255, indicates the interval of the Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM). A DTIM field is a countdown field informing clients of the next window for listening to broadcast and multicast messages. When the Gateway has buffered broadcast or multicast messages for associated clients, it sends the next DTIM with a DTIM Interval value. Its clients hear the beacons and awaken to receive the broadcast and multicast messages. The default value is 1.

Fragmentation Threshold  This value specifies the maximum size for a packet before data is fragmented into multiple packets. If you experience a high packet error rate, you may slightly increase the Fragmentation Threshold. Setting the Fragmentation Threshold too low may result in poor network performance. Only minor

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