Linksys WAP54A manual Filter Tab, Click the Add to List, Advanced Tab

Instant Wireless™ Series

The Filter Tab

The “Filter” tab, shown in Figure 5-7, allows you to block or allow certain com- puters, by their MAC Address, from communicating with the Access Point.

To enable filtering of computers by their MAC Addresses, select Enable from the drop-down menu. Next, click the Add button. This will bring up another screen, as shown in Figure 5-8, where you will specify the MAC Address you will allow or deny over your wireless network.

In MAC Address field at the top of this screen, type the MAC Address(es) you wish to filter. Then,

click the Type drop- down menu to select if you will allow access to other MAC Addresses or if you will deny the MAC Addresses.

To add this to your fil-
tered MAC Addresses,
click the Add to List
button.		Click	the
Cancel button to return
to the previous screen
without saving changes.
For	more information
on	this	tab, you	can	Figure 5-7

click the Help button.

When you’ve complet- ed making any changes on this tab, click the Apply button to save those changes or Cancel to exit the Web- based Utility without saving changes. For more information on this tab, you can click the Help button.

Figure 5-8

Wireless Access Point

The Advanced Tab

Figure 5-9

Before making any changes to the Advanced tab, shown in Figure 5-9, please check your wireless settings on other systems, as these changes will alter the effectiveness of the Access Point. In most cases, these settings do not need to be changed.

•Beacon Interval. This value between 20 and 1000, indicates the frequen- cy interval of the beacon. A beacon is a packet broadcast by the Access Point to keep the network synchronized. A beacon includes the wireless LAN service area, the AP address, the Broadcast destination addresses, a time stamp, Delivery Traffic Indicator Maps, and the Traffic Indicator Message (TIM).

•RTS Threshold. This value should remain at its default setting of 2,346. Setting this parameter to a small value causes packets to be sent more often, consuming more of the available bandwidth and reducing throughput. A higher value, however, sends more packets less often. Should you encounter inconsistent data flow, only minor modifications are recommended.

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