•

Mixed WPA2 / WPA-PSK

— useful during transitional times for upgrades in the home or

SOHO environment, a pre-shared key must be entered along with the group re-key interval

time. Both TKIP and AES are also used.

MAC Filter

The MAC filter screen allows you to manage MAC address filters.

Add the MAC addresses that you want to manage and then select the mode that you want to use

to manage them. You can disable this feature or you can allow or deny access to the MAC

addresses that you add to the list.

To add a MAC Filter:

1.

In the Wireless — MAC Filter page, select the SSID for the

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2.

From one of the

MAC Restrict Mode

radio buttons, select

Disabled

,

Allow

or

Deny

.

3.

Click

MAC Address

to add the MAC address; enter the MAC address in the

MAC Address

text box, then click

Save/Apply

.

Wireless Bridge

In the

Wireless — Wireless Bridge

screen, you can select the mode for the router, either access

point or wireless bridge. If you enable the bridge restrict option, then proceed to enter the MAC

addresses of the remote bridges.

To restrict a wireless bridge:

1.

In the

Wireless — Wireless Bridge

screen select the access point mode from the

AP Mode

dropdown.

AP Mode options are

•

Access Point

•

Wireless Bridge

2.

From the

Bridge Restrict

dropdown select to enable, disable or refresh

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3.

If you have chosen to enable access point, in the

Remote Bridges MAC Address

text

box(es) MAC address(es) for the bridge(s).

4.

If you have chosen access point

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Advanced

The Advanced page configures advanced features of the wireless LAN interface.

Advanced features include:

•

Band

— a default setting at 2.4GHz – 802.11g

•

Channel

— 802.11b and 802.11g use channels to limit interference from other devices. If

you are experiencing interference with another 2.4Ghz device such as a baby monitor,

security alarm, or cordless phone, then change the channel on your router.

•

Auto Channel Timer

— a timer that rescans and finds the best available channel for use

on your wireless network.

•

54g Rate

— rate at which information will be transmitted and received on your wireless

network.

•

Multicast Rate

— the rate at which a message is sent to a specified group of recipients.

•

Basic Rate

— the set of data transfer rates that all the stations will be capable of using to

receive frames from a wireless medium.

•

Fragmentation Threshold

— used to fragment packets which help improve performance

in the presence of radio frequency (RF) interference.

•

RTS Threshold (Request to Send Threshold)

— determines the packet size of a

transmission through the use of the router to help control traffic flow.

•

DTIM Interval

— sets the Wake-up interval for clients in power-saving mode.

•

Beacon Interval

— a packet of information that is sent from a connected device to all other

devices where it announces its availability and readiness. A beacon interval is a period of

time (sent with the beacon) before sending the beacon again. The beacon interval may be

adjusted in milliseconds (ms).

•

Xpress Technology

— a technology that utilizes standards based on frame bursting to achieve

higher throughput. With Xpress Technology enabled, aggregate throughput (the sum of the

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individual throughput speeds of each client on the network) can improve by up to 25% in 802.11g

only networks and up to 75% in mixed networks comprised of 802.11g and 802.11b equipment.

•

54g Mode

— 54g is a Broadcom Wi-Fi technology.

•

54g Protection

— the 802.11g standards provide a protection method so 802.11g and

802.11b devices can co-exist in the same network without “speaking” at the same time. Do

not disable 54g Protection if there is a possibility that a 802.11b device may need to use

your wireless network. In Auto Mode, the wireless device will use RTS/CTS (Request to

Send / Clear to Send) to improve 802.11g performance in mixed 802.11g/802.11b

networks. Turn protection off to maximize 802.11g throughput under most conditions.

•

Preamble Type

— this information relates to wireless communication based

•

Transmit Power

— select from 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100%. The default value is

100% but can be changed.

•

WMM (Wi-Fi Multimedia)

— prioritizes traffic from different applications such as voice,

audio and video applications under different environments and conditions.

•

WMM No Acknowledgement

— the acknowledgement policy used on the MAC level.

Enabling no-acknowledgement can result in efficient throughput but higher error rates in a

noisy Radio Frequency (RF) environment.

•

WMM APSD

— APSD (Automatic Power Save Delivery). APSD manages radio usage for

battery-powered devices to allow battery life in certain conditions. APSD allows a longer

beacon interval until an application—VoIP for example—requiring a short packet exchange

interval starts. Only if the wireless client supports APSD does APSD affect radio usage and

battery life.

Station Info

The Station Info page shows stations that have been authorized access to the router through its

wireless function.

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