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

Note:

1)

If you select the radio button

Deny the stations specified by any enabled entries in the list

to access

for

Filtering Rules,

the wireless station B will still not be able to access the router,

however, other wireless stations that are not in the list will be able to access the router.

2) If you enable the function and select the

Allow the stations specified by any enabled

entries in the list to access

for

Filtering Rules,

and there are not any enable entries in the

list, thus, no wireless stations can access the router.

4.7.4 Wireless Advanced

Selecting

Wireless

>

Wireless Advanced

will allow you to do some advanced settings for the

device in the following screen as shown in Figure 4-11. As the configuration for each operation

mode is almost the same, we take Access Point mode for example here.

Figure 4-11 Wireless Advanced



Antenna Settings -

The polarization of an antenna. You can select Vertical Antenna,

Horizontal Antenna or External Antenna.



Beacon Interval -

The beacons are the packets sent by the Device to synchronize a wireless

network. Beacon Interval value determines the time interval of the beacons. You can specify

a value between 20-1000 milliseconds. 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 Device 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 since excessive packets. 2346 is the default setting and is recommended.



DTIM Interval -

This value determines the interval of the Delivery Traffic Indication Message

(DTIM). You can specify the value between 1-255 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 enabled.



Enable Short GI -

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

reducing the guard interval time.

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

Enable AP Isolation -

Isolate all connected wireless stations so that wireless stations cannot

access each other through WLAN. This function will be disabled if WDS/Bridge is enabled.



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.

4.7.5 Antenna Alignment

Selecting

Wireless

>

Antenna Alignment

will allow you to view how remote AP’s signal strength

changes while changing the antenna’s direction.

Figure 4-12 Antenna Alignment



Remote RSSI

-

Remote AP's signal strength value.



Signal Percent

-

The ratio of RSSI to RSSI RANGE in percentage.



RSSI Range

-

You can drag the slider bar to set or input the RSSI RANGE value. The slider

bar allows the range of the meter to be either increased or reduced. If the range is reduced,

the color change will be more sensitive to signal fluctuations. The slider bar actually changes

an offset of the maximum indicator value scale.



Note:

It only works after you have established connection to remote AP under client mode.

4.7.6 Distance Setting

Selecting

Wireless

>

Distance Setting

will allow you to adjust the wireless range in outdoor

conditions as shown in Figure 4-13. This is a critical feature required for stabilizing outdoor links.

Enter the distance of your wireless link and the software will optimize the frame ACK timeout

value automatically.

Figure 4-13 Distance Setting



Distance -

Specify the distance value in kilometers, accurate to the first decimal place. If the

distance is set too short or too long, it will result poor connection and throughput performance,

it is best to set the value at 110% of the real distance. If the AP is being used in an indoor

setting, please use the indoor option.



Note:

One hundred-meter is the smallest unit of this setting.

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

Mode -

You can select manual or indoor for the mode.

Click

Save

to keep your settings.

4.7.7 Throughput Monitor

Selecting

Wireless

>

Throughput Monitor

will helps to watch wireless throughput information in

the following screen shown in Figure 4-14.

Figure 4-14 Wireless Throughput



Rate

- The Throughput unit.



Run Time

- How long this function is running.



Transmit

- Wireless transmit rate information.



Receive

- Wireless receive rate information.

Click the

Start

button to start wireless throughput monitor.

Click the

Stop

button to stop wireless throughput monitor.

4.7.8 Wireless Statistics

Selecting

Wireless

>

Wireless Statistics

will allow you to see the wireless transmission

information in the following screen shown in Figure 4-15.

Figure 4-15 The router attached wireless stations

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

MAC Address -

The connected wireless station's MAC address



Current Status

-

The connected wireless station's running status, one of STA-AUTH /

STA-ASSOC / AP-UP / WPA / WPA-PSK /WPA2/WPA2-PSK



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.

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.

4.8

DHCP

DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. The DHCP Server will automatically

assign dynamic IP addresses to the computers on the network. This protocol simplifies network

management and allows new wireless devices to receive IP addresses automatically without the

need to manually assign new IP addresses.

There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown as Figure 4-16):

DHCP Settings

,

DHCP Clients List

and

Address Reservation

.

Clicking any of them will enable you to configure

the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below.

Figure 4-16 The DHCP menu

4.8.1 DHCP Settings

Selecting

DHCP

>

DHCP Settings

will enable you to set up the AP as a DHCP (Dynamic Host

Configuration Protocol) server, which provides the TCP/IP configuration for all the PCs that are

connected to the system on the LAN. The DHCP Server can be configured on the page (shown as

Figure 4-17).

Figure 4-17 DHCP Settings



DHCP Server -

Selecting the radio button before

Disable/Enable

will disable/enable the

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DHCP server on your AP. The default setting is

Disable

. If you disable the Server, you must

have another DHCP server within your network or else you must manually configure the

computer.



Start IP Address -

This field specifies the first address in the IP Address pool. 192.168.0.100

is the default start IP address.



End IP Address

- This field specifies the last address in the IP Address pool. 192.168.0.199

is the default end IP address.



Address Lease Time -

Enter the amount of time for the PC to connect to the AP with its

current assigned dynamic IP address. The time is measured in minutes. After the time is up,

the PC will be automatically assigned a new dynamic IP address. The range of the time is 1 ~

2880 minutes. The default value is 120 minutes.



Default Gateway (optional) -

Enter the IP address of the gateway for your LAN. The factory

default setting is 0.0.0.0.



Default Domain (optional) -

Enter the domain name of the your DHCP server. You can

leave the field blank.



Primary DNS (optional) -

Enter the DNS IP address provided by your ISP. Consult your ISP

if you don’t know the DNS value. The factory default setting is 0.0.0.0.



Secondary DNS (optional) -

Enter the IP address of another DNS server if your ISP

provides two DNS servers. The factory default setting is 0.0.0.0.

Click

Save

to save the changes.



Note:

To use the DHCP server function of the device, you should configure all computers in the LAN as

"Obtain an IP Address automatically" mode. This function will not take effect until the device

reboots.

4.8.2 DHCP Clients List

Selecting

DHCP

>

DHCP Clients List

will enable you to view the Client Name

,

MAC Address,

Assigned IP

and

Lease Time for each DHCP Client attached to the device (Figure 4-18).

Figure 4-18 DHCP Clients List



ID

-

Here displays the index of the DHCP client.



Client Name -

Here displays the name of the DHCP client.



MAC Address -

Here displays the MAC address of the DHCP client.



Assigned IP -

Here displays the IP address that the AP has allocated to the DHCP client.



Lease Time

-

Here displays the time of the DHCP client leased. Before the time is up, DHCP

client will request to renew the lease automatically.

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