User manual

• ESSID: This is the name of the wireless signal which is broadcasted. All the
devices in the same wireless LAN should have the same ESSID.
• Channel: The channel used by the wireless LAN. All devices in the same
wireless LAN should use the same channel.
Advanced Settings
This tab allows you to set the advanced wireless options. The options included are
Authentication Type, Fragment Threshold, RTS Threshold, Beacon Interval, and Preamble
Type. You should not change these parameters unless you know what effect the changes
will have on the router.
• Authentication Type: There are two authentication types: "Open System"
and "Shared Key". When you select "Open System", wireless stations can
associate with this wireless router without WEP encryption. When you select
"Shared Key", you should also setup a WEP key in the "Encryption" page. After
this has been done, make sure the wireless clients that you want to connect to
the device are also setup with the same encryption key.
• Fragment Threshold: "Fragment Threshold" specifies the maximum size of a
packet during the fragmentation of data to be transmitted. If you set this
value too low, it will result in bad performance.
• RTS Threshold: When the packet size is smaller then the RTS threshold, the
wireless router will not use the RTS/CTS mechanism to send this packet.
• Beacon Interval: This is the interval of time that this wireless router
broadcasts a beacon. A Beacon is used to synchronize the wireless network.
• Data Rate: The “Data Rate” is the rate that this access point uses to transmit
data packets. The access point will use the highest possible selected
transmission rate to transmit the data packets.