User Guide

Encryption:
Select the encryption type, including Auto, TKIP, and AES. The default setting is
Auto, which can select TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) or AES (Advanced
Encryption Standard)
automatically based on the wireless station's capability
and request. AES is more secure than TKIP and TKIP is not supported in 802.11n
mode. It is recommended to select AES as the encryption type.
Wireless
Password:
Configure the WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK password
with ASCII or Hexadecimal
characters.
For ASCII, the length should be between 8 and 63 characters with
combination of numbers, letters (case-sensitive) and common punctuations. For
Hexadecimal, the length should be 64 characters (case-insensitive, 0-9, a-f, A-F).
Group Key
Update Period:
Specify the group key update period in seconds. The value can be either 0 or 30-
8640000 seconds.
5.1.3 Wireless Advanced Settings
Figure 5-8 Wireless Advanced Settings
Beacon Interval:
Beacons are transmitted periodically by the device to announce the presence of
a wireless network for the clients. Beacon Interval value determines the time
interval of the beacons sent by the device. You can specify a value from 40 to
100. The default value is 100 milliseconds.
DTIM Period:
This value indicates
the number of beacon intervals between successive
Delivery Traffic Indication Messages (DTIMs) and this number is included in each
Beacon frame. A DTIM is contained in Beacon frames to indicate whether the
access point has buffered broadcast and/or multicast data for the client devices.
Following a Beacon frame containing a DTIM, the access point will release the
buffered broadcast and/or multicast data, if any exists. You can specify the value
between 1-255 Beacon Intervals. The default value is 1, indicating the DTIM
Period is the same as Beacon Interval. An excessive DTIM period may reduce the
performance of multicast applications. It is recommended to keep it by default.
RTS Threshold:
When the RTS threshold
is activated, all the stations and APs follow the Request
to Send (RTS) protocol. When the station is to send packets, it will send a RTS to
AP to inform the AP that it will send data. After receiving the RTS, the AP notices
other stations in the same wireless network to delay their transmitting of data.
At the same time, the AP inform the requesting station to send data. The value
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