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SECTION 3 CONFIGURATION
3-14 SECTION 3, CONFIGURATION
Field Description
Beacon Period The Beacon Period and Delivery Traffic
Indicator Maps (DTIM) work together to keep
power management in check. For example, if a
client does not receive a beacon within a certain
time period, it goes to sleep. This is why
lowering the beacon period and DTIM period
settings may keep sleepy clients awake.
However, DTIM and Beacon settings do use
additional bandwidth. So, setting them too low
can have an effect on WI-FI performance. On
the other hand, if no wireless clients use power
management, then increasing the DTIM and
Beacon settings may improve overall
throughput. Usually the default settings are fine.
A beacon is a packet broadcast by the Access
Point to keep the network synchronized. You
are able to set the Beacon Period value from 1
to 65535 in Time Units (TU). The default is 100.
If needed, enter a new value.
DTIM Period You are able to set the Delivery Traffic Indicator
Maps (DTIM) period value from 1 to 255 in
multiples of Beacon Periods. The default is 3.
If needed, enter a new value.
Basic Rate Set The AP broadcasts different transmission rates
so clients know which transmission rate to use
to join the network. The default is Default.
The options are:
1 to 2
Mbps
The slowest speed available.
Default
Ensures compatibility with
802.11b or 802.11g devices
All
Ensures compatibility with all
devices.