User guide

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Etisalat HSPA+ WiFi Router USERGUIDE
Op tion De scrip tion
Ba nd
The n ewam endme ntal lows IEEE 802 .11 g un it sto fall back tosp eeds of11 Mb ps ,
so IE EE802 .11b and IEEE 802 .11gdev ic es can coexi stin the same netwo rk.T he
two s tanda rds a pply toth e2.4 GHz fre quenc yban d.IE EE802 .11g creat es data -
rate p ar it yat 2.4G Hzwi thth eIEE E802. 11a s tanda rd, whic hhas a54 Mbps ra te
at 5 GHz. (IEEE 802.11a h asot herd iffere nc esco mpared t o IEEE 802 .11bo r g,
suc h asof ferin gmore c ha nnels .)
Ch annel
Drop -d ow n menu that allow ssel ectio nof aspe cific chan nel.
Au toCh annel
Ti mer( min)
Aut o chann elsc anti meri nmin utes (0to disa ble)
802 .11n/EWC
Wit h dro p- down menu, “A uto” isfo r11nan d “D isabl e”is for 11g
Ba ndwid th
Drop -d ow n menu speci fies thef ollow ingb andwi dth: 20MHz and 40MHz .
Co ntrol
Si deban d
Thi s isav ailab lefo r40M Hz.D rop -d ownm enua llows sele cting uppe rsid eband or
low er side band
802 .11nRate
Drop -d ow n menu speci fies thef ollow ingf ixed rat es.T hema ximum ra tefo r
ban dw idth, 20MH z,is 130M Hzan dthe maxi mumb andwi dth, 40MHz ,is 270M Hz
802 .11n
Pro tecti on
It is simi lara s802. 11g p rot ec tion. InA utom odet herou te rwil luse RTS/ CTS
to im pro ve 802.11n perf orman cein mixe d802. 11n / 802 .11 g/ 8 02. 11b n etwor ks.
Turn p rot ec ti onof fto maxim ize8 02. 11n throu gh putu nder most condi tions .
Su pport
802 .11nclient
on ly
Drop -d ow n menu allow ssel ectin g“On /Off”.Ch oo sing “On” allow sthe clie ntwi th
11no nl yto conne ct,n otfo r11g or 11b ;cho osing “Off ”all owst hecl ient with
11n/11g /11bt o co nn ect
54 gRat e
Drop -d ow n menu that speci fies thef ollow ingf ixed rat es:A uto: Defau lt. Uses
the 11 Mbps data rat ewhe npos sible but dro psto lowe rrate s wh enne cessa ry. 
1M bp s,2M bps, 5.5Mb ps,o r11Mbp sfix edrat es .The appro pr iate setti ngis
dep en dent onsi gnal streng th .
Mu ltica st Ra te
Set ti ngmu ltica stpa cket tra ns mitra te .
Ba sicR ate
Set ti ngba sict ran sm itrat e.
Fra gment ation
Th reshol d
At hre sh ol d,sp ecifi edin byte s,th atde termi nesw hethe rpac kets will be
frag me nt ed and atwh atsi ze. Onan 802.11 WLAN, pack etst hate xceed the
frag me nt at iont hre shold aref rag me nt ed,i .e., split into ,sma ller units suit able
for t heci rcu it size .Pack et s small erth anth espe cifie dfrag me ntati onth res ho ld
val ue aren ot f rag mente d.E nter aval uebe tween 256 and2 346. Ifyo u
exp er ience ahi ghpa cket error rat e, t ryto slig htly increa se your Fragm en ta tion
Thre sh ol d. The value shou ldrem ai nat itsd efaul tset ting of23 46. Setti ngth e
Frag me nt at ionT hre shold too lowm ayres ul tin poor perfo rmanc e.
RT S Thre shold
Req ue stto Send ,whe nset inb ytes, spec ifies the packe tsiz ebey ondw hich the
WLA N Cardi nv ok esit sRTS /CTS mecha nism. Pa ck etst hate xceed the speci fied
RTS t hre sh oldt rigge rthe RTS/ CTSm echan ism. TheN ICtra ns mits small erpa cket
wit ho utus ingR TS/CT S.Th edef ault setti ngof 2347 (max imum lengt h)di sable s
RTS T hre sh old.
DTI MInt erval
Del iv eryTraff ic I ndica tion Messa ge(DT IM ),al sokn owna sBea conR ate. The
ent ry ra ng eis aval uebe tween 1an d655 35.A DT IMis aco untdo wnin formi ng
cli en tsof the next windo wfor list ening tob roa dc asta ndmu ltica stme ssage s.
Whe n theA Phas buff ere d bro adcas tor multi cast messa gesf oras socia ted
cli en ts,i tsen dsth enex tDTIM w it haDT IM Inte rval value .AP Clien tshe ar
the b eacon sand awak ento re ce ivet hebro ad cast andm ultic astm essag es.T he
def au lt is 1.
Be acon Inter val
The a mount oft imeb etwee nbea cont ran sm issio ns. Each beaco ntran sm issio n
ide nt ifies the pre se nceo fan acces spoi nt. Byde fault ,radi o NICs passi vely
sca n allR Fcha nnels and liste nfor beac onsc oming from ac ce sspo ints tofi nd
as ui table acce sspo int. Befo re a stati onen tersp ow ersa vemo de,t hest ation
nee ds the beaco nint erval tok noww hent o wakeu p to re ce ivet hebe acon
(an d learn whet hert herea re bu ff ere dfram es a tthe acce sspo int). The entere d
val ue isre pre se nt edin ms. Defau ltis 100 . Accep table entr yrang e is 1to 0xff ff
(65 53 5)
Gl obal Max
Cl ients
The d evice can suppo rt4 SSID, and each SSID cans etit sown max clien ts,b ut
it ca n’tb ebig gert hanG lobal max clien ts.“ Globa lMax Clie nts” limit sthe tota l
ass oc iated clie ntso fthe 4SS ID.
Xp ress
TM
Tec hnolo gy
Xpre ss TM Te ch nolog yis compl iant with dra ftsp ecifi catio nsof two plann ed
wire le ss i ndust ry st andard s.
Transm it Po wer
The ro ut er will set diffe ren tpow erou tput (byp erc entag e)ac cordin g to this
sel ec tion.
WIFI