Wireless Advanced Settings; Advanced Settings (Access Point) - EnGenius EOA7530 User Manual

5.6 Wireless Advanced Settings
If you do not have experience with configuring advanced wireless settings, leave these options at
their default settings. Otherwise, any changes you make can affect performance adversely.
5.6.1 Advanced Settings (Access Point)
Fragment Threshold
RTS Threshold
Beacon Interval
DTIM Period
Specify the maximum packet size during transmission. If a large number of clients are
accessing the WLAN, specify a small value to avoid collisions.
RTS threshold is a trigger to engage the exchange of RTS and CTS messages between
the Access Point and client. The trigger is a type of "handshaking" approach that
provides an additional layer of control over the use of the shared medium by
indicating the amount of time a wireless device, attempting to send, will wait for a
recipient to acknowledge that it is ready. If the packet size is smaller than the RTS
threshold, the wireless router will not use the RTS/CTS mechanism to send the
packet. To ensure communication, use the maximum value. Decreasing this value
causes the sending device to discard the current packet and move on to the next.
Specify the duration between beacon packets. Access Points broadcast Beacons or
Traffic Indication Messages (TIM) to synchronize WLANs. The default setting of 100
should be fine for most situations. In a "noisy" environment with much interference,
decreasing this value can improve network performance. In very remote locations
(with few wireless nodes), you can increase this value.
Specify a value between 1 and 255 for the Delivery Traffic Indication Message
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