How Do I Configure the Gateway Cable Modems?
Setup Wireless – Advanced Page Description
This section describes the section headings and fields descriptions of the Setup Wireless – Advanced page.
If you make changes in the Setup Wireless – Advanced page, click Apply to apply and save your wireless advanced settings.
Field Name | Description |
Basic Data Rates | Displays the default initial data rate for associating with |
| a WAP. For maximum client compatibility, it is |
| recommended that the Basic Data Rates are set at |
| 1, 2 Mbps so that older cards can easily gain access to |
| the network. This setting specifies the minimal set of |
| required data rates |
Control Tx Rates | Displays the transmit data rates the WAP uses is a |
| function of signal strength and signal quality. For |
| maximum potential link speed, it is recommended that |
| you select all control Tx rates: 1, 2 Mbps, 5.5 Mpbs, |
| and 11 Mbps |
Beacon Interval | Displays the time interval that the WAP uses to |
| announce itself to remote devices. The Beacon |
| Interval should be left at 100ms for compliance with |
| most client cards. The Beacon Interval specifies how |
| often packets are sent by the Access Point (AP) to |
| synchronize a wireless network and it’s clients |
DTIM Interval | Displays the time interval between |
| Broadcasts/Multicast transmissions. The DTIM |
| (Delivery Traffic Indication Message) Interval is a |
| countdown informing the wireless 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 DTIM Interval should be left |
| at 3 ms for compliance with most client cards |
Fragmentation | Fragmentation and ready to send (RTS) thresholds |
Threshold | should be set equivalent to the maximum Ethernet |
| frame size allowable on the link including overhead |
| (1536 bytes). Lesser settings can damage data |
| throughput as large frames could be fragmented or |
| collisions could occur |
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RTS Threshold | The RTS/CTS threshold determines at what packet |
| size beyond which the RTS/CTS mechanism is |
| invoked. |
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