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Configuring Wi-Fi for Wireless Networking
When using Wireless Workbench over Wi-Fi, it’s important to set up the wireless router properly for best performance.
Wireless Workbench employs ‘multicast’ data protocols to communicate to the Axient and PSM1000 devices. Wi-Fi treats
broadcast and multicast packets differently than general packets for backward compatibility reasons. In some cases, the
Wi-Fi router will limit the multicast packet transmission rate to a value that is too slow for Wireless Workbench to properly
operate.
By default, most Wi-Fi routers are configured to operate in ‘b/g-mode’, which tells the router to allow both 802.11g and
older 802.11b devices to operate over the network. In this configuration, some routers will automatically limit the multicast
data rates (or sometimes referred to as ‘basic rate’, or ‘management rate’) to 1-2Mbps. For small wireless microphone
configurations of less than 20-30 channels, this Wi-Fi setting should not cause any problems with Wireless Workbench.
Tip: For larger wireless microphone configurations of greater than 30 channels, it’s recommended to configure the Wi-Fi router to operate in ‘g-mode’
only. Most routers will increase the multicast transmission rate to 6Mbps when operating in ‘g-mode’ thereby providing adequate bandwidth to
Wireless Workbench.
Important: For best performance, use a Wi-Fi router that does not limit the multicast rate to 1-2 Mbps.
Shure recommends the following Wi-Fi router brands:
• Cisco
• Linksys
• Apple
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