The number of channels supported depends on the region of this
Access Point. All stations communicating with the Access Point
must use the same channel.
Advanced Settings
Fragment Threshold
: Fragmentation mechanism is used for
improving the efficiency when high traffic flows along in the
wireless network. If your 802.11g Wireless LAN PC Card often
transmit large files in wireless network, you can enter new
Fragment Threshold value to split the packet. The value can be set
from 256 to 2346. The default value is
2346
.
RTS Threshold
: RTS Threshold is a mechanism implemented to
prevent the “
Hidden Node
” problem. “Hidden Node” is a
situation in which two stations are within range of the same
Access Point, but are not within range of each other. Therefore,
they are hidden nodes for each other. When a station starts data
transmission with the Access Point, it might not notice that the
other station is already using the wireless medium. When these
two stations send data at the same time, they might collide when
arriving simultaneously at the Access Point. The collision will
most certainly result in a loss of messages for both stations.
Thus, the RTS Threshold mechanism provides a solution to
prevent data collisions. When you enable RTS Threshold on a
suspect “hidden station”, this station and its Access Point will use
a Request to Send (RTS). The station will send an RTS to the
Access Point, informing that it is going to transmit the data. Upon
receipt, the Access Point will respond with a CTS message to all
station within its range to notify all other stations to defer
transmission. It will also confirm the requestor station that the
Access Point has reserved it for the time-frame of the requested
transmission.
If the “Hidden Node” problem is an issue, please specify the
packet size.
U
The RTS mechanism will be activated if the data size
exceeds the value you set.
U
. The default value is
2347
.
Warning:
Enabling RTS Threshold will cause redundant
