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| Chapter 8 Wireless Configuration | |
| Table 23 Wireless: Access Point | ||
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| Disable DCS to | This appears if the DCS feature is enabled. |
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| unlock | Click this to disable DCS and select a channel ID manually. |
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| Note: DCS is Disabled by default |
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| Operating | This field displays only when you select 802.11a in the 802.11 |
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| Channel | Radio Mode field. |
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| This is the channel currently being used by your AP. |
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| RTS/CTS | Use RTS/CTS to reduce data collisions on the wireless network if you |
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| Threshold | have wireless clients that are associated with the same AP but out of |
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| range of one another. When enabled, a wireless client sends an RTS |
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| (Request To Send) and then waits for a CTS (Clear To Send) before it |
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| transmits. This stops wireless clients from transmitting packets at the |
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| same time (and causing data collisions). |
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| A wireless client sends an RTS for all packets larger than the number |
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| (of bytes) that you enter here. Set the RTS/CTS equal to or higher |
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| than the fragmentation threshold to turn RTS/CTS off. |
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| Fragmentation | The threshold (number of bytes) for the fragmentation boundary for |
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| Threshold | directed messages. It is the maximum data fragment size that can be |
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| sent. Enter an even number between 256 and 2346. |
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| Beacon Interval | When a wirelessly networked device sends a beacon, it includes with |
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| it a beacon interval. This specifies the time period before the device |
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| sends the beacon again. The interval tells receiving devices on the |
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| network how long they can wait in |
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| to handle the beacon. This value can be set from 30ms to 1000ms. A |
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| high value helps save current consumption of the access point. |
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| DTIM | Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM) is the time period after |
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| which broadcast and multicast packets are transmitted to mobile |
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| clients in the Active Power Management mode. A high DTIM value can |
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| cause clients to lose connectivity with the network. This value can be |
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| set from 1 to 100. |
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| Output Power | Set the output power of the NWA in this field. If there is a high |
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| density of APs in an area, decrease the output power of the NWA to |
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| reduce interference with other APs. Select one of the following |
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| 100%(Full Power), 50%, 25%, 12.5% or Minimum. See the |
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| product specifications for more information on your NWA’s output |
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| power. |
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| Note: Reducing the output power also reduces the NWA’s |
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| effective broadcast radius. |
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