Operation Manual

The Beacon and DTIM Intervals should be left at 100 ms and 1 ms respectfully for successful
operation with most client cards and WiFi¢ operation compliance. The Beacon Interval
specifies how often packets are sent by the Access Point (AP) to synchronize a wireless
network and its clients. The DTIM (Delivery Traffic Indication Message) Interval is a
countdown informing the wireless clients of the next window for listening to broadcast and
multicast messages. When the AP has buffered broadcast or multicast messages for associated
clients, it sends the next DTIM with a DTIM Interval value. AP clients hear the beacons and
awaken to receive the broadcast and multicast messages.
Fragmentation and RTS Thresholds should be set to 2346 bytes and 2347 bytes respectfully.
Lesser settings can hurt data throughput as large frames could be fragmented or collisions
could occur, especially when set below 1536 bytes, which could cause fragmentation of
maximum size Ethernet frames.
Setting Description Value List or Range Default