Wireless Advanced Settings; Load Balance - TP-Link Auranet EAP110 User Manual

5.1.3

Wireless Advanced Settings

Beacon Beacons are transmitted periodically by the device to announce the
Interval: presence of a wireless network for the clients. Beacon Interval value
determines the time interval of the beacons sent by the device. You can
specify a value from 40 to 100. The default value is 100 milliseconds.
This value indicates the number of beacon intervals between successive
DTIM Period:
Delivery Traffic Indication Messages (DTIMs) and this number is included
in each Beacon frame. A DTIM is contained in Beacon frames to indicate
whether the access point has buffered broadcast and/or multicast data
for the client devices. Following a Beacon frame containing a DTIM, the
access point will release the buffered broadcast and/or multicast data, if
any exists. You can specify the value between 1-255 Beacon Intervals.
The default value is 1, indicating the DTIM Period is the same as Beacon
Interval. An excessive DTIM period may reduce the performance of
multicast applications. It is recommended to keep it by default.
RTS Threshold: When the RTS threshold is activated, all the stations and APs follow the
Request to Send (RTS) protocol. When the station is to send packets, it
will send a RTS to AP to inform the AP that it will send data. After receiving
the RTS, the AP notices other stations in the same wireless network to
delay their transmitting of data. At the same time, the AP inform the
requesting station to send data. The value range is from 1 to 2347 bytes.
The default value is 2347, which means that RTS is disabled.
Fragmentation Specify the fragmentation threshold for packets. If the size of the packet
Threshold: is larger than the fragmentation threshold, the packet will be fragmented
into several packets. Too low fragmentation threshold may result in poor
wireless performance caused by the excessive packets. The
recommended and default value is 2346 bytes.
5.1.4

Load Balance

By restricting the maximum number of clients accessing the EAPs, Load Balance helps
to achieve rational use of network resources.
Figure 5-8 Wireless Advanced Settings
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