User Manual

Long Range Wireless Access Point / Client Bridge Version 1.0
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(TKIP), which scrambles the keys using a hashing algorithm and by
adding an integrity checking feature which makes sure that keys
haven’t been tampered with.
 Passphrase: Specify a passphrase that is shared amongst the
Access Points and clients.
 Click on the Apply button to save the changes.
6.5.2.3 Wireless Advanced Settings
 Click on the Wireless Advanced Settings link. On this page you can
configure the advanced settings to tweak the performance of your
wireless network. Options available are: data rate, transmit power,
fragmentation threshold, RTS threshold, protection mode and
distance.
 Data Rate: If you would like to force a data rate, you may select
one from the drop-down list. However, for best performance it is
recommended to use the Auto setting.
 Transmit Power: 20dBm.
 Fragment: Packets over the specified size will be fragmented in
order to improve performance on noisy networks.
 RTS Threshold: Packets over the specified size will use the RTS/CTS
mechanism to maintain performance in noisy networks and
preventing hidden nodes from degrading the performance.
 Protection Mode: If your wireless network is using both 802.11b and
802.g devices then it is recommended to enable this feature so that
the 802.11b devices will not degrade the performance of 802.11g
devices.
 WMM: Enable wireless Quality of Service