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Beacon Interval:

Enter a value between 20-1000 milliseconds. The Beacon Interval value

indicates the frequency interval of the beacon. A beacon is a packet broadcast by the Router to

synchronize the wireless network. The default value is 100.

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DTIM Interval:

This value, between 1 and 255, indicates the interval of the Delivery Traffic

Indication Message (DTIM). A DTIM field is a countdown field informing clients of the next

window for listening to broadcast and multicast messages. When the Router has buffered

broadcast or multicast messages for associated clients, it sends the next DTIM with a DTIM

Interval value. Its clients hear the beacons and awaken to receive the broadcast and multicast

messages. The default value is 1.

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Broadcast SSID:

When wireless clients survey the local area for wireless networks to

associate with, they will detect the SSID broadcast by the Router. To broadcast the Router’s

SSID, select “Enable”. If you don’t want to broadcast the Router’s SSID, select “Disable”.

After configuration, click

Apply Changes

button to save your changes.

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Note:

1.

These settings are only for more technically advanced users who have a sufficient knowledge

about wireless LAN. They should not be changed unless you know exactly what will happen for

the changes on your Access Point.

2.

After configuration, you need to click the

Save

button appeared on the left panel so that your

configuration can still take effect after the Router reboots.

4.2.3.5. WPS

Choose “

Setup→WLAN→

WPS

” menu, and you will see the Quick Secure Setup screen (shown in

Figure 4-21). Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is a simple way to establish the connection between the

wireless client and access point. You don’t need to select the encryption method and encryption key.

You just need to input the correct PIN or start PBC and press the WPS button on the router to set

the WPS.

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Figure 4-21

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Disable WPS:

Select to disable WPS function.

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WPS state:

Display the current WPS state.

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Self PIN Number:

Displays the PIN number of the Router. You can click the

Regenerate PIN

button to generate a new PIN number.

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Push Button Configuration:

Click

Start PBC

button when using PBC method for WPS

configuration.

1)

PBC

If the wireless adapter supports WPS and the Push Button Configuration (PBC) method, you can

add it to the network by PBC with the following two methods.

Method One:

Step 1:

Press the WPS button on the front panel of the Router or click

Start PBC

button in Figure

4-21.

Step 2:

Press and hold the WPS button of the adapter directly for 2 or 3 seconds.

Step 3:

Wait for a while until the next screen appears. Click

Finish

to complete the WPS

configuration.

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The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter

Method Two:

Step 1:

Press the WPS button on the front panel of the Router or click

Start PBC

button in Figure

4-21.

Step 2:

For the configuration of the wireless adapter, please choose “

Push the button on my

access point

”

in the

configuration utility of the WPS as below, and click

Next

.

The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter

Step 3:

Wait for a while until the next screen appears. Click

Finish

to complete the WPS

configuration.

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The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter

2)

PIN code

If the wireless adapter supports WPS and the PIN method, you can add it to the network by PIN with

the following two methods.

Method One:

Enter the PIN into my Router

Step 1:

For the configuration of the wireless adapter, please c

hoose “

Enter a PIN into my access

point or a registrar

”

in the

configuration utility of the WPS, and get the PIN code on the

screen as below, then click

Next

.

The WPS Configuration Screen of Wireless Adapter

Step 2:

For the Router, enter the PIN code of the wireless adapter in the

Client PIN Number

field

as shown below. Then click

Start PIN

.

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Figure 4-22

Method Two:

Enter the PIN from my Router

Step 1:

Get the Current PIN code of the Router from

Self-PIN Number

in Figure 4-22 (each Router

has its unique PIN code. Here takes the PIN code 12345670 of this Router for example).

Step 2:

For the configuration of the wireless adapter, please c

hoose “

Enter a PIN from my access

point

”

in the

configuration utility of the WPS as below, and enter the PIN code of the

Router into the

Access Point PIN

field. Then click

Next

.