Regulatory Domain.
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Basic rates (M-bit/s):
The basic transfer rates should be set depending on the
speed of your wireless network. You must select
1-2 (Mbps)
if you have older
802.11 compliant equipments on your network, such as wireless adapters that
support only 1 or 2 Mbps. Selecting 1-2 (Mbps), however, does
not
limit the basic
transfer rates of faster adapters. There are four kinds of basic rates (1
、
2
、
5.5
、
11 M-bit/s). The default enables all the four rates.
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Supported rates (M-bit/s):
Select and define all the supported rates (1
、
2
、
5.5
、
11 M-bit/s) at which a wireless client will communicate with an Access Point.
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Transmission rate (M-bit/s):
Select and define all the supported rates
(1
、
2
、
5.5
、
11 M-bit/s) at which an access point will communicate with a client. You can
also leave it to the default (automatic)
to let the AP decide which data rate to use.
AP Visibility
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Visibility Status:
When Invisibility is selected, the AP is protected against AP
discovery by Netstumbler and ApSniff. All wireless clients must explicitly use and
know the SSID of the AP.
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WEP configuration
An acronym for Wired Equivalent Privacy, WEP is an encryption method used to
protect your wireless data communications. WEP uses a combination of 64-bit or
128-bit keys to provide access control to your network and encryption security for
every data transmission. To decode a data transmission, each point in a network
must use an identical
64-bit
or
128-bit
key. Higher encryption levels mean
higher levels of security, but due to the complexity of the encryption, they may
mean decreased network performance. For 64-bit keys, you must enter
10
hex
digits
(0-9; A-F)
into the four key boxes. For 128-bit keys, you must enter
26
hex digits into the key box. If you leave a key box blank, that means setting this
key to all zero.
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WEP Enabled:
In order to utilize WEP encryption, please click the checkbox. If
you do not wish to utilize WEP encryption, leave the checkbox blank.
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WEP key lengths
: Select 64-bit or 128-bit key you want to use.
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WEP key to use
: Select which set of key you want to use for transmitted data.
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Maximum associated stations
: It controls how many clients can associate with
the Access Point.
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Fragmentation threshold
: This value indicates how much of the Access Point’s
resources are devoted to recovering packet errors. The value should remain at its
default setting of 2,346. If you have decreased this value and experience high
packet error rates, you can increase it again, but it will likely decrease overall
network performance. Only minor modifications of this value are recommended.
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RTS threshold
: This value should remain at its default setting of 2,432. Should
you encounter inconsistent data flow, only minor modifications are recommended.
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Beacon period
:
This value indicates the frequency interval of the beacon. A
