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Page 38 SonicWALL Internet Security Appliance Administrator’s Guide
Advanced Radio Settings
1. Select High from the Transmit Power menu to send the strongest signal on the WLAN.
2. Select Short or Long from the Preamble Length menu. Short is recommended for
efficiency and improved throughput on the wireless network.
3. The Fragmentation Threshold (bytes) is 2346 by default. Increasing the value means
that frames are delivered with less overhead but a lost or damaged frame must be
discarded and retransmitted.
4. The RTS Threshold (bytes) is 2432 by default. If network throughput is slow or a large
number of frame retransmissions is occurring, decrease the RTS threshold to enable RTS
clearing.
5. The default value for the DTIM Interval is 3. Increasing the DTIM Interval value allows you
to conserve power more effectively.
6. The Authentication process times out after 10 seconds by default. If your network is very
busy, you can increase the timeout by increasing the number of seconds in the
Authentication Timeout (seconds) field.
7. The Association Timeout (seconds) is 300 seconds by default. If your network is very busy,
you can increase the timeout by increasing the number of seconds in the Authentication
Timeout (seconds) field.
8. Broadcast Rate?