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Beacon Interval
A beacon is a packet broadcast by the wireless router to
make the client scan the wireless signal. The Beacon
Interval value indicates the time interval of the beacon. The
default value is 100.
DTIM Interval
This value 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
stored in buffer with 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