System Tools; Firmware - TP-Link TL-WA501G User Manual

TL-WA501G
Disable short preamble - Disable short preamble and use long preamble only.
802.11b mode supports only long preamble and this parameter will be ignored.
RTS threshold - RTS/CTS Threshold, the packet size that is used to determine if
RTS/CTS should be sent.
Fragmentation threshold - The maximum packet size used for fragmentation.
Beacon Interval - The interval time between two successive beacons.
Power - The transmit power of the AP.

5.7 System Tools

Figure 5-20: the System Tools menu
There are five submenus under the System Tools menu (shown in figure 5-20):
Firmware, Factory Defaults, Reboot, Password, and Log. Click any of them, and you
will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each
submenu are provided below.

5.7.1 Firmware

The page (shown in figure 5-21) allows you to upgrade the latest version of firmware for
the AP.
New firmware versions are posted at
54M Wireless Access Point User Guide
Figure5-19: AP Wireless Advanced Settings
Figure 5-21: Firmware Upgrade
www.tp-link.com and can be downloaded for free. If
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