Chapter 8 Wireless Screen

Table 23 Wireless: Access Point

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Beacon Interval

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

 

it a 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 30ms 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.

 

 

Output Power

Set the output power of the NWA in this field. If there is a high

 

density of APs in an area, decrease the output power of the NWA to

 

reduce interference with other APs. Select one of the following

 

100%(Full Power), 50%, 25%, 12.5% or Minimum. See the

 

product specifications for more information on your NWA’s output

 

power.

 

Note: Reducing the output power also reduces the NWA’s

 

effective broadcast radius.

 

 

SSID Profile

The SSID (Service Set IDentifier) identifies the Service Set with which

 

a wireless station is associated. Wireless stations associating to the

 

access point (AP) must have the same SSID. Select an SSID Profile

 

from the drop-down list box.

 

Configure SSID profiles in the SSID screen (see Section 9.2 on page

 

151 for information on configuring SSID).

 

If you are configuring the NWA from a computer connected to the

 

wireless LAN and you change the NWA’s SSID or security settings,

 

you will lose your wireless connection when you press Apply to

 

confirm. You must then change the wireless settings of your

 

computer to match the NWA’s new settings.

 

 

Rates

This section controls the data rates permitted for clients.

Configuration

For each Rate, select an option from the Configuration list. The

 

 

options are:

 

• Basic (1~11 Mbps only): Clients can always connect to the access

 

point at this speed.

 

• Optional: Clients can connect to the access point at this speed,

 

when permitted to do so by the AP.

 

• Disabled: Clients cannot connect to the access point at this

 

speed.

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