User Manual
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5.
54
g
protection
:
In
A
u
t
o
mode the SkyZhone Repeater will use RTS/CTS to improve
802.11g
performance in mixed 802.11g/802.11b networks. Turn protection
o
ff
to maximize
802.11g throughput under most conditions.
6.
R
a
t
e
:
Select the transmitting rate in 11b/g network. The range is from 1 to 54Mbps.
The rate of data transmission should be set depending on the speed of your wireless
network. You can select from one transmission speed, or keep the default setting,
Auto, to have the SkyZhone Repeater automatically use the fastest possible data rate.
7.
B
a
5
i
c
R
a
t
e
S
e
t
:
Select the basic rate that wireless clients must support.
8.
M
ul
t
i
c
a
5
t
R
a
t
e
:
Select the transmitting rate for the multicast/broadcast packets.
9.
F
r
a
g
m
e
nt
a
t
i
o
n
T
h
r
e
5
h
o
l
d
:
This value should remain at its default setting of 2346.
The range is 256-2346 bytes. It specifies the maximum size for a packet before data is
fragmented into multiple packets. If you experience a high packet error rate, you may
slightly increase the Fragmentation. Setting the Fragmentation too low may result in
poor network performance. Only minor modifications of this value are
recommended.
10.
RT
S
T
h
r
e
5
h
o
l
d
:
This value should remain at its default setting of 2347. The range is
0-2347 bytes. Should you encounter inconsistent data flow, only minor modifications
are recommended. If a network packet is smaller than the preset RTS threshold size,
the RTS/CTS mechanism will not be enabled. The SkyZhone Repeater sends
Request to Send (RTS) frames to a particular receiving station and negotiates the
sending of a data frame. After receiving an RTS, the wireless station responds
with a Clear to Send (CTS) frame to acknowledge the right to begin transmission.
11.
D
TIM
I
nt
e
r
v
a
l
:
The default value is 3. This value, between 1 and 255 milliseconds,
indicates the interval of the Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM). A DTIM
field is a countdown field informing clients of the next window for listening to broadcast
and multicast messages. When the SkyZhone Repeater has buffered broadcast
or multicast for associated clients, it sends the next DTIM with a DTIM Interval
value.
Its clients hear the beacons and awaken to receive the broadcast and multicast message.
12.
B
e
a
c
o
n
Interval
:
The default value is 100. Enter a value between 1 and 65535
milliseconds The Beacon Interval value indicates the frequency interval of the beacon.
A beacon is a packet broadcast by the SkyZhone Repeater to synchronize the wireless
network.
13.
P
r
e
a
m
b
le
Type
:
Set whether short or long preambles are used. Short preambles
improve throughput but all clients in the wireless network must support this
capability if selected.
14.
M
a
x
A
55
o
c
i
a
t
i
o
n
5
L
i
m
i
t
:
Enter the client number which can associate to this AP.
15.
W
M
E
S
u
pp
or
t
:
Select to enable/disable WME.