UTILITY INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION
Menu | Description |
Device Name | The name of the wireless access point. (Default: SMC2671W) |
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Basic Rates | The highest rate specified is the rate the access point will use |
| when transmitting broadcast/multicast and management |
| frames. Available options are: 1, 2, 5.5, and 11 Mbps. (Default: |
| 2 Mbps.) |
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Data Rates | Set the data rate transmitted from the SMC2671W. The lower |
| the data rate, the longer the transmission distance. Available |
| options are: 1, 2, 5.5, and 11 Mbps. (Default: 11) |
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Preamble Type | The access points and client card drivers have a radio setting |
| for RF Preamble. If you are not sure whether all the clients and |
| access point radios in your wireless network support the Short |
| RF preamble, then leave this setting to the default (Long). |
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Beacon Interval | The beacon signals allow the wireless devices to maintain |
| contact with each other. They may also carry |
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RTS Threshold | You may configure the access point to initiate an RTS frame. |
| If the packet size is smaller than the preset RTS threshold size, |
| the RTS/CTS mechanism will NOT be enabled. (Default: 2,347 |
| which means Disabled) |
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Frag. Threshold | The Fragmentation Threshold can be set between 256 and |
| 2,346. If the packet size is smaller than the preset fragment |
| size, the packet will not be segmented. (Default: 2,346 which |
| means Disabled) |
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Operation Mode |
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Mode | This may be set to Access Point, Range Extender, or Ethernet |
| Adapter. (Default: Ethernet Adapter) |
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BSSID | Basic Service Set ID. The MAC address of the access point to |
| which the adapter is connected in an infrastructure network. In |
| an ad hoc network, the BSS ID is a random number generated |
| by the first adapter that communicates with other clients in the |
| network. The BSS ID of the other clients will then be set to the |
| same value. |
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