User Manual

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration

Key” , you should also setup WEP key in the “ Encryption” page and

wireless stations should use WEP encryption in the authentication phase

to associate with this access point. If you select “ Both”, the wireless client

can associate with this access point by using any one of these two

authentication types.

Fragment Threshold “ Fragment Threshold” specifies the maximum size of packet during the

fragmentation of data to be transmitted. If you set this value too low, it will

result in bad performace.

RTS Threshold When the packet size is smaller the RTS threshold, the access point will

not use the RTS/CTS mechanism to send this packet.

Beacon Interval The interval of time that this access point broadcast a beacon. Beacon is

used to synchronize the wireless network.

Data Rate The “ Data Rate” is the rate this access point uses to transmit data

packets. The access point will use the highest possible selected

transmission rate to transmit the data packets.

Preamble Type Preamble type defines the length of CRC block in the frames during the

wireless communication. “Short Preamble” is suitable for high traffic

wireless network. “ Long Preamble” can provide more reliable

communication.

Broadcast ESSID If you enable “ Broadcast ESSID” , every wireless station located within

the coverage of this access point can discover this access point easily. If

you are building a public wireless network, enabling this feature is

recommended. Disabling “ Broadcast ESSID” can provide better security.

IAPP If you enable “ IAPP” , the access point will automatically broadcast

information of associated wireless stations to its neighbors. This will help

wireless station roaming smoothly between access points. If you have

more than one access points in your wireless LAN and wireless stations

have roaming requirements, enabling this feature is recommended.

Disabling “ IAPP” can provide better security.