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associated work in one of channels from 1 to 14.
4.4.1.5.
Enter the following advanced radio parameters:
Parameter
Description
Beacon
Interval
Type the time interval in milliseconds
between beacons broadcast by AP (Access
Point) in the
Beacon Interval
box, such as
100
.
RTS Threshold
Type a number in the
RTS Threshold
box.
Also called Request-to-Send Threshold. This
field specifies the minimum size of data
frames above which RTS protocol is used,
ranging from 256 to 2432. RTS helps prevent
data collision from hidden nodes.
Fragmentation
Threshold
Type a number in the
Fragmentation
Threshold
box.
For efficiency in high-traffic situations, large
files are split into fragments. This field
specifies the default packet size, an even
number ranging from 256 to 2346.
DTIM Interval
Type a number in the
DTIM Interval
box.
Also called Delivery Traffic Indication Map.
This field specifies the number of beacon
intervals between successive DTIMs, ranging
from 1 to 255.
Preamble Type
Select either
Short Preamble
(72 bits) or
Long
Preamble
(144 bits).
Distribution
System
If you want to use Wireless Distribution
System on your Router, click
Enable
next to
Distribution System
, then type the distributed
client PCs’ physical addresses, as described
in
Step 6
.
Otherwise, click
Disable
.
Note
:
You can see the default values of the above advanced wireless settings
on the right of the page. If you don’t know how to change the settings,
please leave as they are in Figure 4-8: