Chapter 7 Wireless LAN

7.6 Wireless LAN Advanced Screen

Use this screen to allow intra-BSS networking and set the RTS/CTS Threshold.

Click Network > Wireless LAN > Advanced. The screen appears as shown.

Figure 47 Network > Wireless LAN > Advanced

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 29 Network > Wireless LAN > Advanced

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Wireless Advanced Setup

 

 

RTS/CTS

Data with its frame size larger than this value will perform the RTS

Threshold

(Request To Send)/CTS (Clear To Send) handshake.

 

Enter a value between 0 and 2432.

 

 

Fragmentatio

The threshold (number of bytes) for the fragmentation boundary for

n Threshold

directed messages. It is the maximum data fragment size that can be

 

sent. Enter an even number between 256 and 2346.

 

This field is not available when Super Mode is selected.

 

 

Beacon

When a wirelessly networked device sends a beacon, it includes with it a

Interval

beacon interval. This specifies the time period before the device sends 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.

 

This value can be set from 20ms to 1000ms. A high value helps save

 

current consumption of the access point.

 

 

DTIM

Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM) is the time period after which

 

broadcast and multicast packets are transmitted to mobile clients in the

 

Active Power Management mode. A high DTIM value can cause clients to

 

lose connectivity with the network. This value can be set from 1 to 100.

 

 

Preamble

A preamble affects the timing in your wireless network. There are two

 

preamble modes: long and short. If a device uses a different preamble

 

mode than the NBG-417N does, it cannot communicate with the NBG-

 

417N.

 

 

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