Access Point Settings
Parameter Description
Access Point Activated or deactivated the wireless function of the router.
When it is activated, the router will be an access point for
other wireless clients to connect wirelessly.
Channel
It is the radio channel used by the wireless LAN. All devices in
the same wireless LAN should use the same channel. Please
select the country you are located and designate a channel
that the router will use. For product available in the
USA/Canada market, only channel 1~11 can be operated. For
product in Europe market, only channel 1~13 can be
selected. Selection of other channels is not permitted. If you
want to let the router automatically find an available channel
with the highest signal strength, please select “Auto”. The
auto-selective channel will be shown in the “Current Channel”
field.
Beacon Interval
The interval of time that this wireless router broadcast a
beacon. Beacon is used to synchronize the wireless network.
The range for the beacon period is between 20 and 1000 with
a typical value of 100 (milliseconds).
RTS/CTS Threshold When the packet size is smaller than the RTS threshold, the
wireless router will not use the RTS/CTS mechanism to send
this packet. The range is from 1500 to 2347.
Fragmentation
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. Enter a
value from 256 to 2346.
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