User Manual

Beacon Interval: Beacons are

packets sent by an access point

to synchronize a wireless network.

Specify a beacon interval value.

Default (100) is recommended.

RTS Threshold: This value

should remain at its default

setting of 2432. If you encounter

inconsistent data flow, only

minor modifications to the value

range between 256 and 2432

are recommended.

Fragmentation: This value

should remain at its default

setting of 2346. If you experience

a high packet error rate, you may slightly increase your fragmentation threshold within

the value range of 256 to 2346. Setting the fragmentation threshold too low may result in

poor performance.

DTIM Interval (Beacon Rate): (Delivery Traffic Indication Message) Enter a value

between 1 and 255 (default is 3) for the Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM.) A

DTIM is a countdown informing clients of the next window for listening to broadcast and

multicast messages.

TX Rates: Select the transmission rate for the network. The default setting is Auto.

Mode Setting: For utmost speed, select G Mode to include only 802.11g devices in

your network. Select Mix Mode to include 802.11g and 802.11b devices in your network.

Preamble: Short Preamble is the default setting. (High traffic networks should use

the shorter preamble type.) The preamble defines the length of the CRC block (Cyclic

Redundancy Check is a common technique for detecting data transmission errors) used

in communication between the access point and the wireless network adapters.

Using the Configuration Utility in Router Mode (continued)

Advanced > Performance

SSID Broadcast:

(Service Set Identifier) Enable or Disable (default) the broadcast of

the SSID name across the network. SSID is a name that identifies a wireless network.

All devices on a network must use the same SSID to establish communication.

Antenna Transmit Power: Select the transmission power of the antenna. Limiting

antenna power can be useful for security purposes.

Authentication:

Select Open System to communicate the key across the network.

Select Shared Key to limit communication only to those devices that share the

same WEP settings.

Select WPA-PSK to select Wi-Fi Protected Access without a RADIUS server.