CONFIGURING YOUR ROUTER

Maximum number of Re-transmissions

This is the maximum number of times that the router will re- transmitt to the device being called after getting no response from the device before giving up. Generally, 15 retries should be sufficient for most devices and networks. However, a larger number of retries could be necessary to compensate for congested networks or slow devices. How you set this option depends somewhat on how you set the RE-Transmission Timeout setting above. Generally, if the Re-Transmission Timeout is set to 1 or 2 seconds, then you would likely not need to set this option to any more than 30 retires -- beyond which there may be a problem that needs attention (as described under Re-Transmission Timeout above). This option can in fact be set to as high as 99 retires. However, such a setting is far in excess of what would be considered the norm. Consider, for instance, that with just a 1 second timeout and 30 retries, the user might wait a total of a half a minute while the router attempts to get a response from the remote device.

Show Splash Screen upon Program Execution

This option (when checked) enables the Splash Screen to appear on the screen as the program is initiating execution. Uncheck this option to disable to splash screen.

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