Funkwerk W1002 User Manual page 133

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Field
The Advanced Settingsmenu consists of the following fields:
Fields in the Advanced Settings menu
Field
Beacon Period
DTIM Period
RTS Threshold
Short Retry Limit
Description
By default,
and
Description
Enter the time in milliseconds between the sending of two
beacons.
This value is transmitted in Beacon and Probe Response
Frames.
Possible values are to
The default value is msec.
Enter the interval for the Delivery Traffic Indication Message
(DTIM).
The DTIM field is a data field in transmitted beacons that in-
forms clients about the window to the next broadcast or multic-
ast transmission. If clients operate in power save mode, they
come alive at the right time and receive the data.
Possible values are to
The default value is .
Here, you select how the RTS/CTS mechanism is to be
switched on/off.
If you choose
the data packet length threshold in bytes (1..2346) as of which
the RTS/CTS mechanism is to be used. This makes sense if
several clients that are not in each other's wireless range are
run in one access point. The mechanism can also be switched
on/off independently of the data packet length by selecting the
value or
Enter the maximum number of attempts to send a frame of
length less than or equal to the value defined in RTS
Threshold. After this many failed attempts, the packet is dis-
,
are activated.
.
.
, in the input field you can specify
(default value).
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