User's Manual

BASIC FUNCTIONS: WIRELESS
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characters.
Channel
Selects one IEEE 802.11G channel for wireless LAN
transmissions from the drop-down list.
Specifies the bandwidth which the wireless radio
operates. AP and the client stations that is
associated work in one of channels from 1 to 14.
5. Enter the following advanced radio parameters:
Parameter Description
Beacon Interval
Type the time interval in miliseconds between
beacons broadcast by AP (Access Point) in the
Beacon Interval box, such as 100.
RTS Threshold
Type a number in the RTS Threshold box.
Also called Request-to-Send Threshold. This field
specifies the minimum size of data frames above
which RTS protocol is used, ranging from 256 to
2432. RTS helps prevent data collision from hidden
nodes.
Fragmentation
Threshold
Type a number in the
Fragmentation Threshold
box.
For efficiency in high-traffic situations, large files
are split into fragments. This field specifies the
default packet size, an even number ranging from
256 to 2346.
DTIM Interval
Type a number in the DTIM Interval box.
Also called Delivery Traffic Indication Map. This
field specifies the number of beacon intervals
between successive DTIMs, ranging from 1 to 255.
Preamble Type
Select either Short Preamble (72 bits) or Long
Preamble (144 bits).
Distribution
System
If you want to use Wireless Distribution System on
your Router, click Enable next to Distribution System,
then type the distributed client PCs’ physical
addresses, as described in Step 6.
Otherwise, click Disable.
Note - You can see the default values of the above
advanced wireless settings on the right of the page. If you
don’t know how to change the settings, please leave as they
are in Figure 3-8: