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Radio Interface
interfere with the operation of other radio devices in the service
area. (Options: 100%, 50%, 25%, 12%, minimum; Default: 100%)
Maximum Station Data Rate – The maximum data rate at
which a client can connect to the access point. The
maximum transmission distance is affected by the data
rate. The lower the data rate, the longer the transmission
distance. (Options: 54, 48, 36, 24 Mbps; Default: 54
Mbps)
Beacon Interval – The rate at which beacon signals are
transmitted from the access point. The beacon signals
allow wireless clients to maintain contact with the access
point. They may also carry power-management
information. (Range: 20-1000 TUs; Default: 100 TUs)
Data Beacon Rate – The rate at which stations in sleep mode
must wake up to receive broadcast/multicast transmissions.
Known also as the Delivery Traffic Indication Map (DTIM) interval,
it indicates how often the MAC layer forwards broadcast/multicast
traffic, which is necessary to wake up stations that are using
Power Save mode. The default value of 2 indicates that the
access point will save all broadcast/multicast frames for the Basic
Service Set (BSS) and forward them after every second beacon.
Using smaller DTIM intervals delivers broadcast/multicast frames
in a more timely manner, causing stations in Power Save mode to
wake up more often and drain power faster. Using higher DTIM
values reduces the power used by stations in Power Save mode,
but delays the transmission of broadcast/multicast frames.
(Range: 1-255 beacons; Default: 2 beacons)
RTS Threshold – Sets the packet size threshold at which a
Request to Send (RTS) signal must be sent to a receiving station
prior to the sending station starting communications. The access
point sends RTS frames to a receiving station to negotiate the
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