User's Manual

Wireless-G Router User's Manual

Frame Burst: Enabling this option should provide your network with greater

performance, depending on the manufacturer of your wireless products. To turn on the

Frame Burst option, select Enable. The default is Disable.

Beacon Interval: The default value is 100. Enter a value between 1 and 65,535

milliseconds. The Beacon Interval value indicates the frequency interval of the

beacon. A beacon is a packet broadcast by the router to synchronize the wireless

network.

DTIM Interval: This value, between 1 and 255, indicates the interval of the Delivery

Traffic Indication Message (DTIM). A DTIM field is a countdown field informing

clients of the next window for listening to broadcast and multicast messages. When

the router has buffered broadcast or multicast messages for associated clients, it sends

the next DTIM with a DTIM Interval value. Its clients hear the beacons and awaken to

receive the broadcast and multicast messages. The default value is 1.

Fragmentation Threshold: This value specifies the maximum size for a packet

before data is fragmented into multiple packets. If you experience a high packet error

rate, you may slightly increase the Fragmentation Threshold. Setting the

Fragmentation Threshold too low may result in poor network performance. Only

minor reduction of the default value is recommended. In most cases, it should remain

at its default value of 2346.

RTS Threshold: Should you encounter inconsistent data flow, only minor reduction

of the default value, 2347, is recommended. If a network packet is smaller than the

preset RTS threshold size, the RTS/CTS mechanism will not be enabled. The router

sends Request to Send (RTS) frames to a particular receiving station and negotiates

the sending of a data frame. After receiving an RTS, the wireless station responds

with a Clear to Send (CTS) frame to acknowledge the right to begin transmission. The

RTS Threshold value should remain at its default value of 2347.

AP Isolation: This isolates all wireless clients and wireless devices on your network

from each other. Wireless devices will be able to communicate with the router but not

with each other. To use this function, select On. AP Isolation is turned off by default.

Secure Easy Setup: On versions of the router with the SecureEasySetup feature, this

control lets you enable or disable that feature.

Click Save Settings to apply the new settings, or click Cancel Changes to cancel

any unsaved changes.

Security Page – Firewall Panel

This panel is used to configure a firewall that can filter out various types of unwanted

traffic.

Block Anonymous Internet Requests: This feature makes it more difficult for

outside users to work their way into your network. This feature is selected by default.