User's Guide

one that is more appropriate to its function. Once you save your profile, you cannot change the name.
The functions are:
Function Description
Short Time Slot Enabled Choose Yes to allow short time slot capability as advertised in the
Beacon, which when used on a pure 802.11g deployment, improves
WLAN throughput by reducing wait time for transmitter to assure
clear channel assessment. Choose No to disable.
Allow Streaming Trac Choose Yes to allow Streaming trac in the wireless environment,
such as video or audio trac in wireless environment. It applies only
to un-encrypted wireless trac. Choose No to disable.
Warning: Streaming trac applications consume large bandwidth
and can adversely impact all other Wireless Clients connected on
the Wireless LAN.
Protection Mode Enabled Choose Yes to allow Protection Mode operation to be advertised in
Beacon or Probe response. Protection Mode operation is used to
support mixed-mode operation of 802.11b/g protocols. Choose No
to disable.
Warning: Use of Protection Mode in an 802.11g device can degrade
the performance of the wireless network by introducing overhead
to the network.
Cumulative Tab
The Cumulative tab is where you assign thresholds to network characteristics for all Wireless Clients and
trac in the APs BSS (Basic Service Set).
Note
Entering a 0 (zero) as a threshold disables alarm-generation for that threshold.
Performance Profiles Configuration Tab
550 Extreme AirDefense User Guide for version 10.5.