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Configuration

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Advanced Wireless Settings

This screen allows you to control the following advanced features of the Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) interface:

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Select the wireless channel which you wish the router to operate from.

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Force the transmission rate to a particular speed.

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Set the fragmentation threshold. This can be used to improve throughput in noisy or congested situations.

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Set the RTS threshold.

RTS stands for “Request to Send”.

This parameter controls what size data packet the low

level RF protocol issues to an RTS packet. The default is 2346.

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Set the wake-up interval for wireless clients using power-save mode.

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Set the beacon interval for the access point.

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Set Xpress mode.

Please see the Table below for an explanation of the configuration wireless settings.

Click the Apply/Save button to set any changes to the configuration settings.

Figure 18: Wireless

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FIELD

DESCRIPTION

Band

The frequency of the wireless network. 2.4GHz is standard.

Channel

Allows selection of a specific channel (1-9) or Auto mode.

Auto Channel Timer

The Auto Channel sets the length of time it takes to scan a channel in minutes.

802.11n/EWC

An equipment interoperability standard setting based on IEEE 802.11n Draft 2.0 and

Enhanced Wireless Consortium (EWC).

Bandwidth

Drop-down menu specifies the following bandwidth: 20MHz in Both Bands and 40 MHz in

Both Bands.

Control Sideband

Displays which sideband the access point is using for the control channel, either Upper or

Lower.

802.11n Rate

Drop-down menu specifies the following fixed rates. The maximum rate for bandwidth,

20MHz, is 130Mbps and the maximum bandwidth, 40MHz, is

270Mbps.

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802.11n Protection

Turn off for maximized throughput. Turn on for greater security.

Support 802.11n Client Only

The option to provide wireless Internet access only to clients who are operating at 802.11n

speeds.

RIFS Advertisement

Reduced Inter Frame Spacing (RIFS)

is a required 802.11n feature that improves

performance by reducing the amount of dead time required between transmissions. We

recommend this option Off unless your network administrator advises otherwise.

OBSS Co-Existence

Overlapping Basic Service Sets (OBSS) co-existence provides a method for basic service

sets to share a single frequency.

Rx Chain Power Save

This option provides a means to save power on the receiving wireless signal.

Rx Chain Power Save Quiet

Time

The time interval before Rx Chain Power Save is implemented.

54g Rate

In Auto (default) mode, your Router uses the maximum data rate and lowers the data rate

dependent on the signal strength. The appropriate setting is dependent on signal strength.

Other rates are discrete values between 1 to 54 Mbps.

Multicast rate

Setting for multicast packet transmission rate. (1-54 Mbps).

Basic Rate

Sets basic transmission rate.

Fragmentation Threshold

A threshold (in bytes) determines whether packets will be fragmented and at what size.

Packets that exceed the fragmentation threshold of an 802.11 WLAN will be split into smaller

units suitable for the circuit size. Packets smaller than the specified fragmentation threshold

value however are not fragmented.

Values between 256 and 2346 can be entered but should remain at a default setting of 2346.

Setting the Fragmentation Threshold too low may result in poor performance.

RTS Threshold

Request To Send (RTS) specifies the packet size that exceeds the specified RTS threshold,

which then triggers the RTS/CTS mechanism. Smaller packets are sent without using

RTS/CTS. The default setting of 2347 (max length) will disables the RTS Threshold.

DTIM Interval

Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM) is also known as Beacon Rate. The entry range is

a value between 1 and 65535. A DTIM is a countdown variable that informs clients of the

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

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

Interval value. AP Clients hear the beacons and awaken to receive the broadcast and

multicast messages. The default value is 1.

Beacon Interval

The amount of time between beacon transmissions in is milliseconds. The default is 100 ms

and the acceptable range is 1

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65535. The beacon transmissions identify the presence of an

access point. By default, network devices passively scan all RF channels listening for

beacons coming from access points. Before a station enters power save mode, the station

needs the beacon interval to know when to wake up to receive the beacon.

Global Max Clients

Here you have the option of setting the limit of the number of clients who can connect to your

wireless network.

Xpress Technology

Broadcom’s Xpress™ Technology is compliant with draft specifications of two planned

wireless industry standards. It has been designed to improve wireless network efficiency. The

default value is disabled.

Transmit Power

The option of decreasing the transmitting power of your wireless signal

WMM (WiFi Multimedia)

WMM is a standard created to define quality of service (QoS) in WiFi networks. WMM adds

prioritized capabilities to WiFi networks and optimizes their performance when multiple

concurring applications, each with different latency and throughput requirements, compete

for network resources.

WMM No Acknowledgement

WMM No Acknowledgement gives you the option of whether to send acknowledgement

frames with WMM data packets.

WMM APSD

WMM Automatic Power Save Delivery, a feature of that allows the router to save power. This

option is enabled by default.

Table 8: Advanced - Wireless - Advanced Settings

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MAC Filter

This screen appears when Media Access Control (MAC) Filter is selected. This option allows access to be restricted based upon the

unique 48-bit MAC address

of a wireless device’s network card

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Setting the MAC restrict mode to Allow will allow only those wireless devices listed in the MAC filter table to connect to the router.

All other wireless devices will not be able to connect via wireless to the router. Similarly, setting the MAC restrict mode to Deny will

deny only those wireless devices listed in the MAC filter table to connect to the router. All other wireless devices will be able to

connect with the router via wireless.

To add a MAC Address filter, click the Add button shown below.

To delete a filter, select it from the table below and click the Remove button.

Figure 19: Wireless - MAC Filter

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

MAC Restrict Mode

Disabled

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Disables MAC filtering.

Allow

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allows only those wireless devices listed in the MAC filter table to connect to the router. All other

wireless devices will not be able to connect via wireless to the router.

NOTE: Add a wireless device’s MAC address before clicking the Allow radio button or else you will

need to connect to the Router’s web user interface

using the supplied yellow Ethernet cable and add

the wireless device’s MAC address.

Deny

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Rejects access for the specified MAC addresses. All other wireless devices will be able to

connect to the router via wireless.

MAC Address

Lists the MAC addresses subject to the MAC Restrict Mode. The Add button prompts an entry field

that requires you type in a MAC address in a two-character, 6-byte convention: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx where

xx are hexadecimal numbers. A maximum of 60 MAC addresses can be added.

Table 9: Wireless - MAC Filter Settings

Enter the MAC address on the screen below using the following format: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

Figure 20: Wireless - Add MAC Filter

Press the Apply/Save button to save the MAC address to the MAC filter list.

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Wireless Bridge

The following screen appears when selecting Wireless Bridge, and gives a detailed explanation of how to configure wireless bridge

features for the wireless LAN interface.

Click the Apply/Save button to implement new configuration settings.

Figure 21: Wireless - Wireless Bridge

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

AP Mode

Selecting Wireless Bridge (Wireless Distribution System) disables Access Point (AP) functionality while

selecting Access Point enables AP functionality. In Access Point mode, wireless bridge functionality will

still be available and wireless stations will be able to associate to the AP.

Bridge Restrict

Selecting Disabled in Bridge Restrict disables the Wireless Bridge restriction, which means that any

wireless bridge will be granted access. Selecting Enabled or Enabled (Scan) turns the wireless bridge

restriction on. Only those bridges selected in Remote Bridges will be granted access. Click Refresh to

update the station list when Bridge Restrict is enabled.

Table 10: Wireless - Wireless Bridge

Station Info

The following screen appears when you select Station Info, and shows authenticated wireless stations and their status.

Click the Refresh button to update the list of stations in the WLAN.

Figure 22: Wireless - Station Info

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

MAC

The MAC address of any connected wireless client.

Associated

Lists all the stations that are associated with the Access Point, along with the amount of time since

packets were transferred to and from each station. If a station is idle for too long, it is removed from this

list.

Authorized

Lists those devices with authorized access.

SSID

The SSID(Service Set Identifier) of your wireless network.

Interface

The wireless interface being used to connect to the network.

Table 11: Wireless - Station Info Settings

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Voice

This section explains how to configure the VoIP settings of the NF1ADV.

SIP Basic Setting

The SIP Settings page is where you enter your VOIP service settings as supplied by your VOIP service provider (VSP). If you are

unsure about a specific setting or have not been supplied information for a particular field, please contact your VOIP service provider

to verify if this setting is needed or not.

Figure 23: VoIP - SIP Basic Setting

The individual fields shown above on the SIP Basic Settings page are explained in the table (

Table 12: Advanced

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on the following page.