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RTS Threshold:

Fragmentation:

This value

should remain at its default

setting of 2346. If you experience

a high packet error rate, you may slightly increase your fragmentation threshold within

the value range of 256 to 2346. Setting the fragmentation threshold too low may result

in poor performance.

DTIM Interval (Beacon Rate)

:

(Delivery Traffic Indication Message) Enter a value

between 1 and 255

(default is 3) for the Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM.)

A DTIM is a countdown informing clients of the next window for listening to broadcast

and multicast messages.

TX Rates:

Select the transmission rate for the network. The default setting is Auto.

Preamble:

Short Preamble

is the default setting. (High traffic networks should use the

shorter preamble type.) The preamble defines the length of the CRC block (Cyclic

Redundancy Check is a common technique for detecting data transmission errors) used

in communication between the access point and the wireless network adapters.

Advanced > Performance

SSID Broadcast:

(Service Set Identifier) Enable or Disable (default) the broadcast of

the SSID name across the network. SSID is a name that identifies a wireless network.

All devices on a network must use the same SSID to establish communication.

Antenna Transmit Power:

Select the transmission power of the antenna. Limiting

antenna power can be useful for security purposes.

Authentication:

Select

Open System

to communicate the key across the network.

Select

Shared Key

to limit communication only to those devices that share the

same WEP settings.

Select

WPA-PSK

to select

Wi-Fi Protected Access

without a RADIUS server.

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Tools > Admin

At this page, the DWL-G730AP administrator can change the system password. There

are two accounts that can access the router’s Web-management interface. They are

admin

and

user

.

Admin

has read/write access while

user

has read-only access. The

user

can only view the settings but cannot make any changes.

Remote Management-

Remote management allows the DWL-G730AP to be

configured from the Internet by a Web browser. A username and password is still required

to access the Web-management interface. In general, only a member of your network

can browse the built-in Web pages to perform

Administrator

tasks. This feature enables

you to perform Administrator tasks from the remote (Internet) host.

IP Address-

The Internet IP address of the computer that has access to the router.

If you input an asterisk (*) into this field, then any computer will be able to access the

router. Putting an asterisk (*) into this field would present a security risk and is not

recommended.

Port-

The port number used to access the router.

Example-

http://x.x.x.x:8080 where x.x.x.x is the WAN IP address of the router and

8080 is the port used for the Web-mangement interface.

Administrator-

Password-

admin

is the

Administrator login name

Enter the password and enter again to confirm

User-

Password-

user

is the

User login name

Enter the password and enter again to confirm

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Tools > Time

Time Zone-

Select the time zone from the pull-down menu.

Daylight

Saving-

To select daylight saving time manually, select

enabled

or

disabled,

and enter a start date and an end date for daylight

saving time.

Set the Time-

To manually input the time, enter the values in these fields

for the year, month, day, hour, minute, and second. Click

Set

Time

.

Default

NTP Server-

NTP is short for

Network Time Protocol.

NTP synchronizes

computer clock times in a network of computers.

This field is optional.

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Tools > System

The current system settings can be saved as a file onto the local hard drive.

To reload

a system settings file, click on

Browse

to browse the local hard drive and locate the

system file to be used.

Click

Save

to save the current settings to the local hard drive

Click

Browse

to find the settings, then click

Load

Save Settings to

Local Hard Drive-

Load Settings from

Local Hard Drive-

Restore to Factory

Default Settings-

Click

Restore

to restore the factory default settings

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Tools > Firmware

You can upgrade the firmware of the router here. Make sure the firmware you want to

use is on the local hard drive of the computer. Please check the D-Link support site for

firmware updates at http://support.dlink.com. You can download firmware upgrades to

your hard drive from the D-Link support site. After you have downloaded the firmware

upgrade to your hard drive, click

Browse

to browse the local hard drive and locate the

firmware to be used for the update.

Firmware Upgrade-

Browse-

After you have downloaded the new firmware, click

Browse

in

this window to locate the firmware update on your hard drive.

Click

Apply

to complete the firmware upgrade.