Instruction Manual

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INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL NETWAvE
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Advanced Settings
Figure 47: Advanced Settings for the Wifi Interface.
RTS Threshold Sets the threshold for the packet size above which the request to send (RTS) mechanism
is used. The default is 2346 octets.
There is a trade-off to consider when setting this parameter. On the one hand, using a
small value causes RTS packets to be sent more often, consuming more of the available
bandwidth, and therefore reducing the throughput of the network packet. On the other
hand, when more RTS packets are sent, the system recovers faster from interference
or collisions. This is useful in a heavily loaded network, or a wireless network with high
electromagnetic interference.
Note: The following options for Station Isolation, Maximum Stations, Minimum Stations
RSSI, and 802.11n only are available only for a device operating as an AP.
Station
Isolation
Prevents station-to-station communication, unchecked by default. When Station
Isolation is disabled, wireless clients can communicate with one another normally
by sending traffic through the AP. When Station Isolation is enabled, the AP blocks
communication between wireless clients on the same AP.
Maximum
Stations
Specifies the maximum number of associated stations, the default being 127.
Minimum
Stations RSSI
Sets the minimum received signal strength indicator for a station to be associated. The
default value of 0 means that the AP would allow a station to associate independent of
its RSSI.
802.11n Onl y Forces the device to use only the IEEE802.11n standard, unchecked by default.
HT 20/40
Coexistence
Allows the network to use both 20 MHz and 40 MHz bands. Required on AP side
primarily to support co-existence. The client can also send intolerant bit status to AP
to signal use of 20 MHz channel. The client will follow the AP's channel bonding and
channel switching HT 20/40 mechanism. Disabling this setting forces the use of 40 MHz
bandwidth/channel bonding, and results in high data rate.
WMM Provides Quality of Service (QoS) features, checked by default. Wireless multimedia
enables the classification of the network traffic into 4 main types, voice, video, best
effort, and background, in decreasing order of priority. Higher priority traffic has a
higher transmission opportunity and would have to wait less time to transmit. As a
result, an existing video stream would not be interrupted by additional background
processes.