other clients with higher transmission rates have to wait. So the
bandwidth resource is not fully used.
With this option enabled, the CAP will allocate different transmission time
for clients according to their transmission rates. The clients with higher
transmission rates will transfer data more efficiently, thus improving the
total data throughput of the CAP.
Beacon
Interval:
Beacons are transmitted periodically by the device to announce the
presence of a wireless network for the clients.
Enter a time interval between 40 and 1000 in milliseconds to determine
the duration between beacon packets that are transmitted periodically by
the device to synchronize the wireless network. The default is 100
milliseconds.
Maximum
Users:
Specify the maximum users that allowed to connect to the CAP.
Forbid stations
with a signal
strength lower
than ( ) dBm
from accessing
the AP:
Enable or disable the access rules.
Set the minimum signal strength for a new client to be allowed to access
the network. Values from -95 to 0 dBm are valid. The default value is -75
dBm. It is recommended the maximum number is less than -40 dBm.
When clients attempt to connect to the AP with lower signal strength than
the threshold value (for example due to obstacles or long distances), they
will be denied access to the AP.
Discard
stations with a
signal strength
lower than ( )
dBm:
Enable or disable the discard rules.
Set the minimum signal strength in which the AP will discard a connected
client. Values from -95 to 0 dBm are valid. The default value is -75dBm. It
is recommended the maximum number is less than -40 dBm. When the
signal strength of the connected client is lower than the threshold value
(for example due to obstacles or long distances), the client will be
discarded by the AP.
Band Steering
There are clients that only support the 2.4GHz band and clients that support dual band
in a wireless network. If all the clients connect to the 2.4GHz band, the 2.4GHz band will
become very congested, reducing the network performance. With band steering
enabled, the AP would steer the dual band clients to connect to the 5GHz first, which
would balance the band connections.
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