SMC Networks TTTM5800X Beacon Period, 802.11d Enable, ACK Timeout, Transmit Power, Enable WDS

RTS/CTS Threshold on the affected stations.

Beacon Period

In wireless networking, a beacon is a packet sent by a connected device to inform other devices of its presence and readiness. When a wirelessly networked device sends a beacon, it includes with it a beacon interval, which specifies the period of time before it will send the beacon again. The interval tells receiving devices on the network how long they can wait in low-power mode before waking up to handle the beacon. Network managers can adjust the beacon interval, usually measured in milliseconds (ms) or its equivalent, kilo microseconds (Kmsec).

802.11d Enable

802.11d is a wireless network communications specification for use in countries where systems using other standards in the 802.11 family are not allowed to operate. The 802.11d specification is well suited for systems that want to provide global Roaming.

ACK Timeout

When a packet is sent out from 802.11 Station A it will then wait for an 'ACKnowledgement frame' from 802.11 Station B. Station A will only wait for a certain amount of time (ACK timeout) or ACK window. If the ACK is NOT received within that timeout period then the packet will be re-transmitted from Station A resulting in reduced throughput. When sending LOTS of packets as in 802.11g and 802.11a the constant re-transmission could cost severe performance degradation due to the ACK frame not making it back to 802.11 Station A in time. This will have a dramatic impact on the throughput of the link regardless of the quantity of signal strength and good receiver sensitivity.

Transmit Power

This section controls the power output for the mini-PCI radio card. The valid input range for this section is in the range of 0-23 in dBm units. The default value is 23 dBm or 200mW.

Enable WDS

The Wireless Distribution System (Repeater) functionality enables this AP to support wireless traffic to other WDS relay Access Points. In other words it is like bridging between the 2 access points in order to extend the reach of the wireless network beyond that of a single AP can cover. By enabling the WDS feature the distance of wireless networking is thus extended for authenticated client devices that can roam from this Access Point to another.

WDS can extend the reach of your network into areas where cabling might be too difficult.

The TT™5800X/TT™2400X in Access Point mode can support up to 6 other Access Points for WDS communication.

Enter the MAC Address of other Access Points in the area that you want to add to the WDS. The MAC Address of this Access Point should be also added in other member WDS Access Points so that they can communicate.

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