NETGEAR ME 102 Reference Manual page 27

The following table explains each of the configurable parameters of the ME102 Wireless Access Point in
Operational Setting screen.
CONFIGURATION DESCRIPTION
Password Setting This option allows you to change a new password and confirm password in
Administrator mode and User mode.
Default: private for Administrator, public for User
Preamble Type A long transmit preamble allows the receiver to lock into the received bit patterns
more easily. A short transmit preamble provides better performance.
Default: Long
Fragmentation This is the packet length used for fragmentation. Packets larger than the size
Threshold programmed in this field will be fragmented. The Fragment Threshold value must be
larger than RTS Threshold value.
Default: 2346
RTS Threshold The packet size that the wireless node uses to determine if it should use the
CSMA/CD mechanism or the CSMA/CA mechanism for packet transmission. With
the CSMA/CD transmission mechanism, the transmitting station sends out the actual
packet as soon as it has waited for the silence period. With the CSMA/CA
transmission mechanism, the transmitting station sends out a RTS packet to the
receiving station, waits for the receiving station to send back a CTS packet before
sending the actual packet data.
Default: 2346
Restore Click this button to restore the default settings of the ME102 Wireless Access Point.
Operational Mode Click the Operation Mode button to invoke the Operation Mode configuration
window.
There are three modes for Access Point operations:
Access Point: This mode provides access for wireless stations to wired LANs and
from wired LANs to wireless stations. Furthermore, wireless stations within the
range of the Access Point device may communicate with each other via the Access
Point.
Access Point Client: This mode allows the connection of one or more remote LANs
with a central LAN, create thus an extended VLAN. In this way, any station of the
remote LAN can communicate with any station of the central LAN, as if all of them
belonged to the same physical LAN. Wireless Station cannot associate with Access
Point clients. The Access Point conducts the designed traffic to the appropriate wired
or wireless station. You need to enter the MAC address of the desired AP (BSS) if
you select the Access Point Client option.
Wireless Bridge: The wireless bridge allows connections between two or more wired
networks. By setting the HE102 as a Wireless, other wireless stations will not be
able to access the HE102 unless rest it to default Access Point mode. There are two
types of connection:
Point to Point: The Wireless Bridge can communicate with a specific Remote MAC
Address of the remote Access Point. The remote Access Point also needs to be set up
as a Wireless Bridge.
Point to MultiPoint: This Wireless Bridge can communicate with any Wireless
Bridge available in the same channel. Note: Only one HE102 Wireless Access Point
can be configured as point-to-Multipoint bridge. You must enter the Remote AP
MAC Address of the HE102 set to point-to-Multipoint for all other bridged HE102
Wireless Access Points.
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