Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration
3.2.3
Advanced Setting
You can set advanced parameters of this access point. The parameters include
Authentication Type, Fragment Threshold, RTS Threshold, Beacon Interval, Tx
Operation Rate, Tx Basic Rate, Preamble Type, Broadcast ESSID. You should not
change these parameters unless you know what effect the changes will have on this
access point.
Parameter
Description
Authentication Type
There are two authentication types: “Open System” and “Shared Key”. When
you select “Open System”, wireless stations can associate with this access point
without WEP encryption. When you select “Shared Key”, you should also setup
WEP key in the “Encryption” page and wireless stations should use WEP
encryption in the authentication phase to associate with this access point. If you
select “Auto”, the wireless client can associate with this access point by using
any one of these two authentication types.
Fragment Threshold
“Fragment Threshold” specifies the maximum size of packet during the
fragmentation of data to be transmitted. If you set this value too low, it will
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