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Actiontec 54 Mbps Wireless PC Card User Manual
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Chapter 3 Using the Wireless Configuration Utility
Advanced - In this tab, the connection’s advanced settings can be modified. The
tab’s options are as follows:
s There are two options in the Threshold section: “Fragment Threshold,”
which sets the maximum fragment length (in bytes) to any even number
between 256 and 4096; and “RTS Threshold,” which sets the maximum pack-
et length for sending an RTS frame (in bytes) to a value greater than zero. It
is recommended to leave the default values intact.
s There are two options in the Preamble section: “Long Preamble” or “Short
Preamble.” It is recommended to leave the default values intact.
s There are two options in the Retry Limits section: “Short,” which limits the
number of retries for frames without an RTS frame; and “Long,” which lim-
its the number of retries for frames with an RTS frame. It is recommended
to leave the default values intact.