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4ipnet EAP100 User’s Manual
4.2.5 Advanced Wireless Settings
The ad vanced w ireless settings for EAP100’s VAP (Virtual Access Point) profiles allow customization of data
transmission s ettings. The administrator can tune the following parameters to improve network communication
performance if a poor connection oc curs.
Beacon Interval: Enter a value between 25 and 500 ms. The default is 100 milliseconds. The specified value
represents the amount o f time between access point beacon s ignal transmiss ions.
RTS Threshold: Enter a value between 1 and 2346. The default is 2346. RTS (Request to Send) Threshold
determines the packet size at which the access point (EAP100) iss ues a request to send (RTS) before sending
the p acket to prevent the hidden node problem. The RTS mechanism will be activated if the da ta size exceeds
the value you set. A lower RTS Threshold setting can be useful in areas where many client de vices are
associating w ith EAP100 or in areas where the clients are far apart and can detect only EAP100 and not each
other.
Fragment Threshold: Enter a value between 256 and 2346. The default is 2346. A packet size larger than this
threshold will be frag mented (sent in several pieces instead of one block) before transmission. A s maller value
results in smaller p ackets but allows a larger nu mber o f packets in transmiss ion. A lower Fragment Threshold
setting can be useful in areas where communication is poor or disturbed by a serious amount of radio
interference.
Broadcast SSID: The default is Enable. Disabling this function w ill prevent EAP100 from broadcasting its
SSID, where only de vices that have the correct SSID can connect.
St ation Isolation: The default is Disable. By enabling this function, all s t ations associated w ith EAP100 can
only communicate with EAP100.
WMM: The default is Disable. Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) is a Quality of Service ( QoS) feature that prioritizes
wireless data packets based on four access categories: voice, video, best effort, and background. Applications
without WMM and applications that do not require QoS are assigned to the best-effort category, which receives