User's Manual Part 1

Configuring Network Settings
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Fragmentation
T
Type the smallest IP packet size (in bytes) that
t the IP packet be split into smaller
ference,
set the threshold to a low value (around 1000), to
ghput.
et the threshold to a high value (around
e overhead.
lue is 2346.
hreshold requires tha
fragments.
If you are experiencing significant radio inter
reduce error penalty and increase overall throu
Otherwise, s
2000), to reduc
The default va
RTS Threshold Type the smallest IP packet size for which a clie
must send an RTS (Request To Send)
nt
before sending
d
by
collisions and failures. RTS ensures that
nd the users are distant
from one another, set the RTS threshold to a low value
(around 500).
Setting a value equal to the fragmentation threshold
effectively disables RTS.
The default value is 2346.
the IP packet.
If multiple wireless clients are in range of the access
point, but not in range of each other, they might sen
data to the access point simultaneously, there
causing data
the channel is clear before the each packet is sent.
If your network is congested, a