Chapter 7 Wireless

7.8 The Others Screen

Use this screen to configure advanced wireless settings. Click Network Settings

>Wireless > Others. The screen appears as shown.

See Section 7.9.2 on page 113 for detailed definitions of the terms listed in this screen.

Figure 35 Network Settings > Wireless > Others

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 21 Network Settings > Wireless > Others

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

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 2347.

 

 

Fragmentation

This is the maximum data fragment size that can be sent. Enter a value

Threshold

between 256 and 2346.

 

 

Auto Channel

If you set the channel to Auto in the Network Settings > Wireless >

Timer

General screen, specify the interval in minutes for how often the ZyXEL

 

Device scans for the best channel. Enter 0 to disable the periodical scan.

 

 

Output Power

Set the output power of the ZyXEL Device. If there is a high density of

 

APs in an area, decrease the output power to reduce interference with

 

other APs. Select one of the following: 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% or

 

100%.

 

 

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 from20ms to 1000ms. A high value helps save current

 

consumption of the access point.

 

 

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