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Advanced Configuration
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Wireless-G Exterior Access Point with Power Over Ethernet
Connection Control List
MAC 01-16
Enter the MAC addresses of the wireless client
devices you want to control.
Change these settings as described here and click
Save
Settings
to apply your changes, or click
Cancel Changes
to cancel your changes. Help information is available on
the right side of the screen.
Wireless > Advanced Wireless Settings
This screen allows you to configure the advanced settings
for the Access Point. Linksys recommends to let your
Access Point automatically adjust the parameters for
maximum data throughput.
Wireless > Advanced Wireless Settings
Advanced Settings
CTS Protection Mode
CTS (Clear-To-Send) Protection
Mode function boosts the Access Point’s ability to catch
all wireless transmissions, but will severely decrease
performance. Keep the default setting,
Auto
, so the Access
Point can use this feature as needed, when the Wireless-G
products are not able to transmit to the Access Point in an
environment with heavy 802.11b traffic. Select
Disabled
if you want to permanently disable this feature.
BSSBasicRateSet
This setting is a series of rates that
are advertised to other wireless devices as defined in
IEEE 802.11 specifications, so they know which data rates
the Access Point can support. One of the rates is picked
from the list for transmitting control frames, broadcast/
multicast frames, or ACK frames. To support both 802.11b
& 802.11g devices, use the Default (
Mixed mode
) setting
so that frames can be decoded by all devices. To support
802.11g devices only, use the All (G-only mode) setting
to achieve higher frame rates. For regular data frames,
the transmission rate is configured through the Tx Rate
Limiting on the
Wireless > VLAN & QoS
tab.
Power Output
You can adjust the output power of the
Access Point to get the appropriate coverage for your
wireless network. Select the level you need for your
environment. If you are not sure of which setting to
choose, then keep the default setting,
100%
.
Beacon Interval
This value indicates the frequency
interval of the beacon. A beacon is a packet broadcast
by the Access Point to keep the network synchronized. A
beacon includes the wireless networks service area, the
Access Point address, the Broadcast destination addresses,
a time stamp, Delivery Traffic Indicator Maps, and the
Traffic Indicator Message (TIM). The default is
100 ms
.
DTIM Interval
This value indicates how often the Access
Point sends out a Delivery Traffic Indication Message
(DTIM). Lower settings result in more efficient networking,
while preventing your PC from dropping into power-
saving sleep mode. Higher settings allow your PC to
enter sleep mode, thus saving power, but interferes with
wireless transmissions. The default is
1 ms
.
RTS Threshold
This setting determines how large a packet
can be before the Access Point coordinates transmission
and reception to ensure efficient communication. This
value should remain at its default setting of
2347
. If you
encounter inconsistent data flow, only minor modifications
are recommended.
Fragmentation Threshold
This specifies the maximum
size a data packet can be before splitting and creating a
new packet. It should remain at its default setting of
2346
.
A smaller setting means smaller packets, which will create
more packets for each transmission. If you experience
high packet error rates, you can decrease this value, but
it will likely decrease overall network performance. Only
minor modifications of this value are recommended.
Change these settings as described here and click
Save
Settings
to apply your changes, or click
Cancel Changes
to cancel your changes. Help information is available on
the right side of the screen.