User's Manual

Altai A8n (ac) Series Super WiFi Base Station

Configuration Guide

2. Change the following settings:

Beacon Interval Auto – Select checkbox that A8n (ac) tunes the

interval of beacon transmissions of each supported BSS

automatically

Beacon Interval – Available if Beacon Interval Auto is NOT selected;

Specify the interval time between 40ms and 3500ms in Beacon

Interval. Each BSS share this setting.

3. Click Submit

4. Click Save & Apply

Configure Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM) time

1. 2.4G Interface: Go to Configuration > Wireless > Radio0 > Advanced

> Advanced Settings

5G Interface: Go to Configuration > Wireless > Radio1 > Advanced >

Advanced Settings

2. Specify the interval time between 1 and 255 in DTIM.

3. Click Submit

4. Click Save & Apply

Note:

- The higher the DTIM period, the longer a client device may

sleep and therefore the more power that particular client

device may potentially save.

Modify protect mechanism on hidden node problem of Wi-Fi network

Figure 61 – Protection Mechanism Setting

1. 2.4G Interface: Go to Configuration > Wireless > Radio0 > Advanced

> Advanced Settings

5G Interface: Go to Configuration > Wireless > Radio1 > Advanced >

Advanced Settings

2. Select suitable mechanism on Protection Mode; you can select:

None - no protect mechanism is used. It is the default setting.

CTS-only - also known as CTS-to-Self; AP issues a CTS frame to itself

before sending data. All clients will not transmit during the time.

RTS-CTS - AP sends a RTS frame, waits for the clients CTS frame and

then sends the data packet. It allow more robust operation, but at

the expense of additional overheads.

3. Specify frame size in byte between 0 and 2347 bytes on RTS/CTS

Threshold; 2346 is default setting.

If a frame is smaller than the RTS/CTS threshold, it will be sent by the

AP without modification. If a frame is larger than the RTS/CTS

threshold, then two frames will be sent by the AP. The first frame is an

RTS (request to send) frame. After the RTS frame is sent, the AP listens