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4.6.5

Wireless Advanced

Choose menu “

Wireless 2.4GHz

→

Wireless Advanced

”, you can configure the advanced

settings of your wireless network.

Figure 4-26 Wireless Advanced



Transmit Power -

Here you can specify the transmit power of router. You can select High,

Middle or Low which you would like. High is the default setting and is recommended.



Beacon Interval -

Enter a value between 20-1000 milliseconds for Beacon Interval here.

The beacons are the packets sent by the router to synchronize a wireless network. Beacon

Interval value determines the time interval of the beacons. The default value is 100.



RTS Threshold -

Here you can specify the RTS (Request to Send) Threshold. If the packet

is larger than the specified RTS Threshold size, the router will send RTS frames to a

particular receiving station and negotiate the sending of a data frame. The default value is

2346.



Fragmentation Threshold -

This value is the maximum size determining whether packets

will be fragmented. Setting the Fragmentation Threshold too low may result in poor network

performance because of excessive packets. 2346 is the default setting and is

recommended.

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

DTIM Interval -

This value determines 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. You can

specify the value between 1-15 Beacon Intervals. The default value is 1, which indicates the

DTIM Interval is the same as Beacon Interval.



Enable WMM - WMM

function can guarantee the packets with high-priority messages being

transmitted preferentially. It is strongly recommended.



Enable Short GI -

This function is recommended for it will increase the data capacity by

reducing the guard interval time

.



Enabled AP Isolation -

This function can isolate wireless stations on your network from

each other. Wireless devices will be able to communicate with the router but not with each

other. To use this function, check this box. AP Isolation is disabled by default.



Note:

If you are not familiar with the setting items in this page, it's strongly recommended to keep the

provided default values; otherwise it may result in lower wireless network performance.

4.6.6

Wireless Statistics

Choose menu “

Wireless 2.4GHz

→

Wireless Statistics

”, you can see the MAC Address,

Current Status, Received Packets and Sent Packets for each connected wireless station.

Figure 4-27 Wireless Statistics



MAC Address -

The connected wireless station's MAC address



Current Status

-

The running status of the connected wireless stations.



Received Packets

-

Packets received by the station



Sent Packets

-

Packets sent by the station

You cannot change any of the values on this page. To update this page and to show the current

connected wireless stations, click on the

Refresh

button.

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If the numbers of connected wireless stations go beyond one page, click the

Next

button to go to

the next page and click the

Previous

button to return the previous page.



Note:

This page will be refreshed automatically every 5 seconds.

4.7

Wireless 5GHz

Figure 4-28 Wireless menu

There are six submenus under the Wireless menu (shown in Figure 4-13):

Basic Settings

,

WPS

,

Wireless Security

,

Wireless MAC Filtering

,

Wireless Advanced

and

Wireless Statistics

. Click

any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding functions.

4.7.1

Basic Settings

Choose menu “

Wireless 5GHz

→

Basic Settings

”, you can configure the basic settings for the

wireless network of 5GHz on this page.

Figure 4-29 Wireless Settings – 5GHz

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

Wireless Network Name -

Also called the SSID (Service Set Identification). Enter a value of

up to 32 characters. The same name must be assigned to all wireless devices in your

network. Considering your wireless network security, the default SSID is set to be

TP-LINK_5GHz_XXXXXX. This value is case-sensitive. For example,

TEST

is NOT the

same as

test

.



Region

-

Select your region from the drop-down list. This field specifies the region where the

wireless function of the router can be used. It may be illegal to use the wireless function of

the router in a region other than one of those specified in this field. If your country or region

is not listed, please contact your local government agency for assistance.

When you select your local region from the drop-down list, click the

Save

button

,

then the

Note Dialog appears. Click

OK

.

Note Dialog



Note:

Limited by local law regulations, version for North America does not have region selection

option.



Mode -

Select the desired mode.



11an mixed -

Select if you are using both 802.11a and 802.11n wireless clients. If you

set the Mode

11an mixed

, all of 802.11a and 802.11n wireless stations can connect to

the router.



11a/n/ac mixed -

Select if you are using a mix of 802.11a, 802.11n and 802.11ac

wireless clients. It is strongly recommended you set the Mode

11a/n/ac mixed

, all of

802.11a, 802.11n and 802.11ac wireless stations can connect to the router.



Channel -

This field determines which operating frequency will be used. The default channel

is set to

Auto

, so the router will choose the best channel automatically. It is not necessary to

change the wireless channel unless you notice interference problems with another nearby

access point.



Enable SSID Broadcast -

When wireless clients survey the local area for wireless networks

to associate with, they will detect the SSID broadcast by the router. If you select the

Enable

SSID Broadcast

checkbox, the Wireless router will broadcast its name (SSID) on the air.

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

Enable WDS Bridging -

Check this box to enable WDS. With this function, the router can

bridge two or more WLANs. If this checkbox is selected, you will have to set the following

parameters as shown in Figure 4-30. Make sure the following settings are correct.

Figure 4-30



SSID (to be bridged)

- The SSID of the AP your router is going to connect to as a client.

You can also use the search function to select the SSID to join.



MAC Address (to be bridged)

- The BSSID of the AP your router is going to connect to

as a client. You can also use the search function to select the BSSID to join.



Scan

- Click this button, you can search the AP which runs in the current channel.



Key type

- This option should be chosen according to the AP's security configuration. It

is recommended that the security type is the same as your AP's security type



WEP Index

- This option should be chosen if the key type is WEP(ASCII) or

WEP(HEX).It indicates the index of the WEP key.



Authentication Type

- This option should be chosen if the key type is WEP(ASCII) or

WEP(HEX).It indicates the authorization type of the Root AP.



Encryption

- When

WPA

is set as the Authentication Type, you can select either TKIP

or AES as Encryption.



Password

- If the AP your router is going to connect needs password, you need to fill

the password in this blank.

4.7.2

WPS

Choose menu “

Wireless 5GHz

→

WPS

”, you can the screen as shown in Figure 4-31. This

section will guide you to add a new wireless device to an existing network quickly by WPS (Wi-Fi

Protected Setup) function.