User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1. Introduction
- The Harmony Family
- System Requirements
- The Product Package
- 2. Installation
- Installation Procedure
- Mounting Option
- LED Indicators
- Power Requirements
- 3. Wirefree Operation
- Harmony Architecture
- The IEEE 802.11b Specification
- Roaming Between Harmony 802.11b Access Points
- Roaming Guidelines
- 4. Configuration Parameters
- Basic Settings
- AP Name
- Physical Address
- Enable AP
- Partnered APC
- Channel
- Supported Clients
- SSID
- IP Addressing
- Security Settings
- WEP Encryption
- WEP Key Size
- WEP Keys
- Advanced Settings
- Supported Rates
- RTS/CTS
- 5. Performance Hints
- Microwave Ovens
- Range
- 6. Troubleshooting
- How to Obtain Help with Your LAN Installation
- LED Error Codes
- Common Problems and Solutions
- A. Parameters
- B. IEEE 802.11b Direct Sequence Channels
- C. Harmony 802.11b Access Point Specifications
- D. How to Reach Technical Support
- Index
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radio. When the sending radio receives the CTS packet, it sends the data packet to the
receiving radio. The RTS and CTS packets contain a reservation time to notify other
radios that the medium is in use for a specified period of time. This helps to minimize
collisions.
While RTS/CTS adds overhead to the radio network, it is particularly useful for large
packets that take longer to resend after a collision occurs.
You may configure a Harmony 802.11b Access Point to always use RTS/CTS, never
use RTS/CTS, or use RTS/CTS for packets over a certain size.
For example, if the RTS/CTS Threshold is set to 1000 Bytes, then a sending radio will
use RTS/CTS before transmitting any packet 1000 Bytes or larger.
The RTS/CTS Threshold parameter supports a range between 0 and 1513 Bytes (which
is the largest Ethernet packet).
If set to 0, then a sending radio will use RTS/CTS before sending any packet. If set to
1513, then a sending radio will not use RTS/CTS for any packets except those that are
1513 Bytes.