Option

Description

 

 

AP Isolation

Select On or Off. By enabling this feature, wireless clients associated with the Access

 

Point can be linked.

 

 

Band

The new amendment allows IEEE 802.11g units to fall back to speeds of 11 Mbps, so IEEE

 

802.11b and IEEE 802.11g devices can coexist in the same network. The two standards

 

apply to the 2.4 GHz frequency band. IEEE 802.11g creates data-rate parity at 2.4 GHz

 

with the IEEE 802.11a standard, which has a 54 Mbps rate at 5 GHz. (IEEE 802.11a has

 

other differences compared to IEEE 802.11b or g, such as offering more channels.)

 

 

Channel

Allows selection of a specific channel (1-14) or Auto mode.

 

 

Auto Channel Timer

The Auto Channel times the length it takes to scan in minutes.

(min)

 

 

 

54g Rate

In Auto (default) mode, your Router uses the maximum data rate and lowers the data

 

rate dependent on the signal strength. The appropriate setting is dependent on signal

 

strength. Other rates are discrete values between 1 to 54 Mbps.

 

 

Multicast Rate

Setting for multicast packet transmission rate. (1-54 Mbps)

 

 

Basic Rate

Sets basic transmission rate.

 

 

Fragmentation

A threshold (in bytes) determines whether packets will be fragmented and at what size.

Threshold

Packets that exceed the fragmentation threshold of an 802.11 WLAN will be split into

 

smaller units suitable for the circuit size. Packets smaller than the specified fragmentation

 

threshold value however are not fragmented.

 

Values between 256 and 2346 can be entered but should remain at a default setting of

 

2346. Setting the Fragmentation Threshold too low may result in poor performance.

 

 

RTS Threshold

Request To Send (RTS) specifies the packet size that exceeds the specified RTS threshold,

 

which then triggers the RTS/CTS mechanism. Smaller packets are sent without using

 

RTS/CTS. The default setting of 2347 (max length) will disables the RTS Threshold.

 

 

DTIM Interval

Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM) is also known as Beacon Rate. The entry

 

range is a value between 1 and 65535. A DTIM is a countdown variable that informs

 

clients of the next window for listening to broadcast and multicast messages. When the

 

AP has buffered broadcast or multicast messages for associated clients, it sends the next

 

DTIM with a DTIM Interval value. AP Clients hear the beacons and awaken to receive the

 

broadcast and multicast messages. The default is 1.

 

 

Beacon Interval

The amount of time between beacon transmissions in is milliseconds. The default is

 

100 ms and the acceptable range is 1 – 65535. The beacon transmissions identify the

 

presence of an access point. By default, network devices passively scan all RF channels

 

listening for beacons coming from access points. Before a station enters power save

 

mode, the station needs the beacon interval to know when to wake up to receive the

 

beacon.

 

 

Xpress™

Broadcom’s Xpress™ Technology is compliant with draft specifications of two planned

Technology

wireless industry standards. It has been designed to improve wireless network efficiency.

 

Default is disabled.

 

 

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NetComm 3G9W AP Isolation, Point can be linked, Band, Auto Channel times the length it takes to scan in minutes, Threshold