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Chapter 6 Wireless LAN
NWA1121-NI User’s Guide
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Advanced Settings
Beacon Interval When a wirelessly network device sends a beacon, it includes with it a beacon interval.
This specifies the time period before the device sends the beacon again. The interval tells
receiving devices on the network how long they can wait in lowpower mode before waking
up to handle the beacon. A high value helps save current consumption of the access point.
DTIM Interval Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM) is the time period after which broadcast and
multicast packets are transmitted to mobile clients in the Active Power Management
mode. A high DTIM value can cause clients to lose connectivity with the network.
Output Power Set the output power of the NWA1121-NI in this field. If there is a high density of APs in
an area, decrease the output power of the NWA1121-NI to reduce interference with other
APs. Select one of the following
Full (Full Power), 50% , 25% , or 12.5% . See the
product specifications for more information on your NWA1121-NI’s output power.
Preamble Type Select Dynamic to have the AP automatically use short preamble when wireless adapters
support it, otherwise the AP uses long preamble.
Select Long if you are unsure what preamble mode the wireless adapters support, and to
provide more reliable communications in busy wireless networks.
RTS/CTS
Threshold (Request To Send) The threshold (number of bytes) for enabling RTS/CTS handshake.
Data with its frame size larger than this value will perform the RTS/CTS handshake.
Setting this attribute to be larger than the maximum MSDU (MAC service data unit) size
turns off the RTS/CTS handshake. Setting this attribute to its smallest value (1) turns on
the RTS/CTS handshake.
Fragmentation The threshold (number of bytes) for the fragmentation boundary for directed messages. It
is the maximum data fragment size that can be sent.
Extension
Channel
Protection Mode You can use CTS to self or RTS-CTS protection mechanism to reduce conflicts with other
wireless networks or hidden wireless clients. The throughput of RTS-CTS is much lower
than CTS to self . Using this mode may decrease your wireless performance.
A-MPDU
Aggregation This field is available only when 802.11 b/g/n is selected as the Wireless Mode .
Select to enable A-MPDU aggregation.
Message Protocol Data Unit (MPDU) aggregation collects Ethernet frames along with their
802.11n headers and wraps them in a 802.11n MAC header. This method is useful for
increasing bandwidth throughput in environments that are prone to high error rates.
Short GI This field is available only when 802.11 b/g/n is selected as the Wireless Mode . Select
Enabled to use Short GI (Guard Interval). The guard interval is the gap introduced
between data transmission from users in order to reduce interference. Reducing the GI
increases data transfer rates but also increases interference. Increasing the GI reduces
data transfer rates but also reduces interference.
MCS Rate The MCS Rate table is available only when 802.11 b/g/n is selected in the Wireless
Mode field.
IEEE 802.11n supports many different data rates which are called MCS rates. MCS stands
for Modulation and Coding Scheme. This is an 802.11n feature that increases the wireless
network performance in terms of throughput.
For each MCS Rate (0-15), select either Enabled to have the NWA1121-NI use the data
rate.
Clear the Enabled check box if you do not want the NWA1121-NI to use the data rate.
Turn on the Auto option to have the NWA1121-NI set the data rates automatically to
optimize the throughput.
Note: You can set the NWA1121-NI to use up to four MCS rates at a time.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes.
Cancel Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.
Table 10
Wireless LAN > Wireless Settings: Root AP (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION