Radio Interface
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Auto Channel Select – Enables the wireless bridge to
automatically select an unoccupied radio channel. (Default:
Enabled)
Transmit Power – Adjusts the power of the radio signals
transmitted from the wireless bridge. The higher the transmis sion
power, the farther the transmission range. Power selection is not
just a trade off between coverage area and maximum supported
clients. You also have to ensure that high-power signals do not
interfere with the operation of other radio devices in the service
area. (Options: 100%, 50%, 25%, 12%, minimum; Default: 100%)
Maximum Supported Rate – The maximum data rate at which the
access point transmits unicast packets on the wireless interface.
The maximum transmission distance is affected by the data rate.
The lower the data rate, the longer the transmission distance.
(Options: 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9, 6 Mbps; Default: 54 Mbps)
Beacon Interval – The rate at which beacon signals are
transmitted from the wireless bridge. The beacon signals allow
wireless clients to maintain contact with the wireless bridge. They
may also carry power-management information.
(Range: 20-1000 TUs; Default: 100 TUs)
Data Beacon Rate – The rate at which stations in sleep mode
must wake up to receive broadcast/multicast transmissions.
Known also as the Delivery Traffic Indication Map (DTIM) interval,
it indicates how often the MAC layer forwards broadcast/multicast
traffic, which is necessary to wake up stations that are using
Power Save mode. The default value of 2 indicates that the
wireless bridge will save all broadcast/multicast frames for the
Basic Service Set (BSS) and forward them after every secon d
beacon. Using smaller DTIM intervals delivers broadcast/
multicast frames in a more timely manner, causing stations in
Power Save mode to wake up more often and drain power faster.