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Band Steering
Band Steering
Isolation
Isolation between
SSIDs
Advanced Parameters
Worldwide Mode
(802.11d)
Channel Bandwidth
Guard Interval
CTS Protection Mode
Beacon Interval
DTIM Interval
Enable or disable Band Steering function.
Band Steering is a technology that detects whether the wireless
client is dual-band capable. If it is, band steering pushes the
client to connect to the less-congested 5 GHz network. It does
this by actively blocking the client's attempts to connect with
the 2.4GHz network.
Define whether to isolate traffic between SSIDs. If enabled,
wireless clients in different SSIDs cannot communicate with
each other. Enabled by default.
Worldwide Mode (802.11d) enables the access point to direct
connected wireless devices to radio settings specific to where in
the world the devices are in use.
You can select the channel bandwidth manually for Wireless-N
connections. When it is set to 20MHz, only 20MHz channel is
being used. When it is set to 40MHz, Wireless-N connections
will use 40MHz channel, but Wireless-B connections and
Wireless-G connections will still use 20MHz channel.
Select the guard interval manually for Wireless-N connections.
The two options are Short (400 nanoseconds) and Long (800
nanoseconds). The default is Auto.
CTS (Clear-To-Send) Protection Mode boosts the access point's
ability to catch all Wireless-G transmissions, but it severely
decreases performance. By default, CTS Protection Mode is
disabled, but the access point will automatically enable this
feature when Wireless-G devices are not able to transmit to the
access point in an environment with heavy 802.11b traffic.
The access point transmits beacon frames at regular intervals to
announce the existence of the wireless network. Enter the
interval between the transmissions of beacon frames. The value
range is between 40 and 1000 milliseconds and default is 100
milliseconds.
Enter the Delivery Traffic Information Map (DTIM) period, an
integer from 1 to 255 beacons. The default is 1 beacon.
The DTIM message is an element included in some beacon
frames. It indicates which client stations, currently sleeping in
low-power mode, have data buffered on the access point await-
ing pickup.
The DTIM period that you specify indicates how often the
clients served by this WAP device should check for buffered
data still on the access point awaiting pickup.
For example, if you enter 1, clients check for buffered data on
the access point at every beacon. If you enter 10, clients check
on every 10th beacon.
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