Wireless > Advanced Wireless Settings - Cisco WRP500 Administration Manual

Appendix B Data Fields
R E V I E W D R A F T # 1 — C I S C O C O N F I D E N T I A L
Wireless > Advanced Wireless Settings
Authentication Type
Transmission Rate
CTS Protection Mode
Beacon Interval
When the type is set to Auto, either Open System or
Shared Key authentication can be used.
• With Open System authentication, the sender and
the recipient do not use a WEP key for
authentication.
• With Shared Key authentication, the sender and
recipient use a WEP key for authentication.
Default: Auto
The rate of data transmission. Choose an appropriate
setting based on the speed of your wireless network(s).
Select Auto to have the WRP500 automatically use the
fastest possible data rate and to enable the
Auto-Fallback feature. Auto-Fallback will negotiate the
best possible connection speed between the WRP500
and a wireless client.
Default: Auto
Clear-To-Send Protection Mode. This function boosts
the ability of the WRP500 to catch all Wireless-G
transmissions but will severely decrease performance.
When this setting is on Auto, the WRP500 switches to
CTS Protection Mode whenever your Wireless-G
devices are experiencing severe problems and are not
able to transmit to the WRP500 in an environment with
heavy 802.11b traffic.
Default: Auto
The interval in milliseconds when the WRP500
transmits a beacon, which is a packet broadcast to
synchronize the wireless network(s). Enter a value
between 20 and 65,535 milliseconds.
Default: 100 Milliseconds
Wireless Configuration
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