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Configuring Advanced Wireless Settings

The default advanced wireless LAN parameter settings usually work well. If you want the AP to

operate in Super-G mode, use this feature.

Figure 5-3: Advanced Wireless Settings screen

The advanced wireless parameters settings normally do not need to be changed.

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Super-G Mode

: Super-G Mode is a proprietary extension to the 802.11g standard which can

improve wireless throughput. Enabling Super-G mode may affect the wireless coverage of 108

Mbps enabled wireless stations. The default is Disable.

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WMM support

: WMM (Wireless Multimedia) is a subset of the 802.11e standard. WMM

allows wireless traffic to have a range of priorities, depending on the kind of data.

Time-dependent information, like video or audio, will have a higher priority than normal

traffic. For WMM to function correctly, Wireless clients must also support WMM. The default

is Disable.

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RTS Threshold

: Request to Send Threshold. The packet size that is used to determine if it

should use the CSMA/CD (Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection)

mechanism or the CSMA/CA mechanism for packet transmission. With the CSMA/CD

transmission mechanism, the transmitting station sends out the actual packet as soon as it has

waited for the silence period. With the CSMA/CA transmission mechanism, the transmitting

station sends out an RTS packet to the receiving station, and waits for the receiving station to

send back a CTS (Clear to Send) packet before sending the actual packet data. The default is

2346.

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Fragmentation Length

: This is the maximum packet size used for fragmentation. Packets

larger than the size programmed in this field will be fragmented. The Fragment Threshold

value must be larger than the RTS Threshold value. The default is 2346.

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Beacon Interval

: The Beacon Interval specifies the interval time (between 20ms and 1000ms)

for each beacon transmission. The default is 100.

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DTIM Interval

: The DTIM (Delivery Traffic Indication Message) specifies the data beacon

rate between 1 and 255. The default is 1.

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Preamble Type

: A long transmit preamble may provide a more reliable connection or slightly

longer range. A short transmit preamble gives better performance. Auto will automatically

handle both long and short preamble. The default is Auto.

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AP Settings: Enabling Wireless Bridging and Repeating

The WG102 Access Point lets you build large bridged wireless networks.

Figure 5-4:

Advanced Wireless Settings Access Point Mode settings

Examples of wireless bridged configurations are:

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Point-to-Point Bridge

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In this mode, the WG102 will communicate with another bridge-mode wireless station.

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In addition, you have the option of enabling client associations with this WG102.

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You must enter the MAC address of the other bridge-mode wireless station in the field

provided. Use WEP to protect this communication.

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Multi-Point Bridge

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Select this only if this WG102 is the “master” for a group of bridge-mode wireless

stations. Then all traffic is sent to this “master,” rather than directly among each other.

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In addition, you have the option of enabling client associations with this WG102.

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For multi-point bridge mode, you must enter the MAC addresses of the other access points

in the fields provided.

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The other bridge-mode wireless stations must be set to Point-to-Point Bridge mode, using

the MAC address of this WG102 as the Remote MAC Address.

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Use WEP to protect this traffic.

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Repeater with Wireless Client Association

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Selected repeater mode to send all traffic to the remote AP.

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For repeater mode, you must enter the MAC address of the remote “parent” access point,

and optionally enter the address of the “child” access point.

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In repeater mode, you

do not

have the option of disabling client associations with this

WG102.

These features are discussed below.

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How to Configure a WG102 as a Point-to-Point Bridge

Figure 5-5:

Point-to-Point Bridge

1.

Configure the WG102 (AP1) on LAN Segment 1 in Point-to-Point Bridge mode.

2.

Configure the WG102 (AP2) on LAN Segment 2 in Point-to-Point Bridge mode.

AP1 must have AP2’s MAC address in its Remote MAC Address field and AP2 must have

AP1’s MAC address in its Remote MAC Address field.

3.

Configure and verify the following parameters for both access points:

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Verify that the LAN network configuration of the WG102 Access Points both are

configured to operate in the same LAN network address range as the LAN devices

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Both use the same ESSID, Channel, authentication mode, if any, and security settings if

security is in use.

4.

Verify connectivity across the LAN 1 and LAN 2.

A computer on either LAN segment should be able to connect to the Internet or share files and

printers of any other PCs or servers connected to LAN Segment 1 or LAN Segment 2.