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10. Set or override the following profile WLAN Properties for the selected access point radio.
Beacon Interval
DTIM Interval
Use the spinner control to set the maximum permissible client connections for
this radio. Set a value between 0 - 256. AP-7131, AP-6532 and AP-7161 model
access points can support up to 256 clients per access point or radio. AP-6511
and AP-6521 model access points can support up to 128 clients per access
point or radio.
NOTE: AP-7131, AP-6532 and AP-7161 model access points can support up to 256 client
connections to a single access point radio. AP-6511 and AP-6521 model access points
(both single radio models) can support up to 128 client connections to a single radio.
Set the interval between radio beacons in milliseconds (either 50, 100 or 200).
A beacon is a packet broadcast by adopted radios to keep the network
synchronized. Included in a beacon is information such as the WLAN service
area, the radio address, the broadcast destination addresses, a time stamp,
and indicators about traffic and delivery such as a DTIM. Increase the
DTIM/beacon settings (lengthening the time) to let nodes sleep longer and
preserve battery life. Decrease these settings (shortening the time) to support
streaming-multicast audio and video applications that are jitter-sensitive.The
default value is 100 milliseconds.
Set a DTIM Interval to specify a period for Delivery Traffic Indication Messages
(DTIM). A DTIM is periodically included in a beacon frame transmitted from
adopted radios. The DTIM indicates broadcast and multicast frames (buffered
at the access point) are soon to arrive. These are simple data frames that
require no acknowledgement, so nodes sometimes miss them. Increase the
DTIM/ beacon settings (lengthening the time) to let nodes sleep longer and
preserve their battery life. Decrease these settings (shortening the time) to
support streaming multicast audio and video applications that are
jitter-sensitive.