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Fortress Bridge: Configuration
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Radio 1
is preconfigured with a default SSID of
Base-11g
; the
default SSID for Radio 2 is
Base-11a
.
3.3.4.2 Hide SSID and Accept G Only Options
To the right of the SSID field are two options that you can
enable through their checkboxes:
‹
Hide SSID
- Enabling this option deletes the SSID string
from the packet headers of beacon and probe responses. It
is disabled by default.
‹
Accept G Only
- Enabling this option prevents 802.11b
wireless devices from connecting to Radio 1 when it is
configured to use the 802.11g band. When this option is
disabled (the default), Radio 1 (configured with a
Radio
Band
of
802.11g
) accepts connections from both 802.11g
and 802.11b devices.
3.3.4.3 DTIM Period
APs buffer broadcast and multicast messages for devices on
the network and then send a Delivery Traffic Indication
Message to “wake-up” any inactive devices and inform all
network clients that the buffered messages will be sent after a
specified number of beacons have been transmitted. (The
beacon interval, described in Section 3.3.2.5, is configured on
the
RADIO SETTINGS
screen.)
The DTIM Period determines the number of beacons in the
countdown between transmitting the initial DTIM and sending
the buffered messages
.
Whole values from
1
to
255
, inclusive,
are accepted; the default is
1
.
3.3.4.4 RTS and Fragmentation Thresholds
The
RTS Threshold
allows you to configure the maximum size
of the frames the VAP sends without using the RTS/CTS
protocol. Frame sizes over the specified threshold cause the
VAP to first send a Request to Send message and then receive
a Clear to Send message from the destination device before
transmitting the frame.
The RTS Threshold is measured in bytes. Zero (0) and whole
values between
1
and
2345
are accepted. The default
RTS
Threshold value of
0
turns off RTS/CTS for all frames.
The Frag. Threshold allows you configure the maximum size of
the frames the VAP sends whole. Frame sizes over the
specified threshold are broken into smaller frames before they
are transmitted.
The
Frag. Threshold
is measured in bytes. Zero (
0
) and whole
values between
256
and
2345
are accepted. The default Frag.
Threshold
value of
0
turns off fragmentation for all frames (i.e.,
frames will be sent whole regardless of size).
3.3.4.5 Security Suite and Security Suite Settings