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To enter the SSID, Channel, Basic Rates, Supported Rates, Transmission Rate, or Preamble
Type information, select the Wireless Network screen as shown below.
The Basic rates should be set depending on the speed of your network. You must select 1 & 2
Mbps if you have older 802.11 compliant equipment that support only 1 or 2 Mbps. Selecting 1
& 2 Mbps, however does NOT limit the basic transfer rates of faster adaptors. These rates are
only used for management frames, broadcast and multicast frames, not for data frames. The
default setting enables all four rates.
The Supported Rates define the rates at which a wireless client will communicate with an AP.
When a station attempts to join the network, it checks the data rate used on the network.
The Transmission Rate is used to control the current transmit rate of a data packet. This setting
basically provides a means to set a fixed or auto rate value when the AP and a station are enabled
to communicate at the current rate (defined by the supported rates). Starting from the highest
rate of the association, the fallback algorithm is triggered by the transmit failure of a frame (i.e.
all retries have been sent without acknowledgement). The fallback rate will last for an internally
fixed time or until a number of successful transmissions controls the upgrade back to the highest
rate.
Make any changes you require, then click Save.