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4ipnet EAP100 User’s Manual
4.2.5 Advanced Wireless Settings
The advanced wireless settings for EAP100’s VAP (Virtual Access Point) profiles allow customization of data
transmission settings. The administrator can tune the following parameters to improve network communication
performance if a poor connection occurs.
Beacon Interval
: Enter a value between 25 and 500 ms. The default is 100 milliseconds. The specified value
represents the amount of time between access point beacon signal transmissions.
RTS Threshold
: Enter a value between 1 and 2346. The default is 2346. RTS (Request to Send) Threshold
determines the packet size at which the access point (EAP100) issues a request to send (RTS) before sending
the packet to prevent the hidden node problem. The RTS mechanism will be activated if the data size exceeds
the value you set
.
A lower RTS Threshold setting can be useful in areas where many client devices are
associating with EAP100 or in areas where the clients are far apart and can detect only EAP100 and not each
other.
Fragment Threshold
: Enter a value between 256 and 2346. The default is 2346. A packet size larger than this
threshold will be fragmented (sent in several pieces instead of one block) before transmission. A smaller value
results in smaller packets but allows a larger number of packets in transmission. A lower Fragment Threshold
setting can be useful in areas where communication is poor or disturbed by a serious amount of radio
interference.
Broadcast SSID
: The default is
Enable
. Disabling this function will prevent EAP100 from broadcasting its
SSID, where only devices that have the correct SSID can connect.
Station Isolation
: The default is
Disable
. By enabling this function, all stations associated with EAP100 can
only communicate with EAP100.
WMM
: The default is
Disable
. Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) is a Quality of Service (QoS) feature that prioritizes
wireless data packets based on four access categories: voice, video, best effort, and background. Applications
without WMM and applications that do not require QoS are assigned to the best-effort category, which receives
