Specifications

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Advanced features include:
 Band — a default setting at 2.4GHz – 802.11g
 Channel — 802.11b and 802.11g use channels to limit interference from other devices. If you
are experiencing interference with another 2.4Ghz device such as a baby monitor, security
alarm, or cordless phone, then change the channel on your router.
 Auto Channel Timer — a timer that rescans and finds the best available channel for use on
your wireless network.
 54g Rate — rate at which information will be transmitted and received on your wireless
network.
 Multicast Rate — the rate at which a message is sent to a specified group of recipients.
 Basic Rate — the set of data transfer rates that all the stations will be capable of using to
receive frames from a wireless medium.
 Fragmentation Threshold—used to fragment packets which help improve performance in
the presence of radio frequency (RF) interference.
 RTS Threshold (Request to Send Threshold) — determines the packet size of a
transmission through the use of the router to help control traffic flow.
 DTIM Interval — sets the Wake-up interval for clients in power-saving mode.
 Beacon Interval — a packet of information that is sent from a connected device to all other
devices where it announces its availability and readiness. A beacon interval is a period of
time (sent with the beacon) before sending the beacon again. The beacon interval may be
adjusted in milliseconds (ms).