Advanced
The Advanced page configures advanced features of the wireless LAN interface.
Advanced features include:
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Band
— a default setting at 2.4GHz – 802.11g
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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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