Comnet netwave NW2 Installation And Operation Manual page 23

INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL
Pre-shared Key
Identity
User Name
User Password
Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made.
8.3.3 WIRELESS SETTINGS-AP Page LONG RANGE PARAMETERS Section
Long Range
Parameters
Beacon interval
RTS Threshold
Fragmentation
Threshold
Distance and the
Calculate Button
Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made.
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(For use with WPA security) Here an alpha-numeric between 8 and 63
character long pre-shared key can be entered.
(For use with 802.1x security) identification credential and be entered
here to be used by the WPA supplicant for EAP authentication.
(For use with 802.1x security) Identification credential used by the APA
supplicant for EAP – tunnelled authentication in an unencrypted form.
(For use with 802.1x security) Password credential used by the WPA
supplicant for EAP authentication.
Check box to enable long range parameters. This is enabled and set
to 1000m by default. 1000m should meet a majority of the system link
distances but if the link distance goes beyond 1000m, this section will
need to be adjusted on both ends of the link – see Distance and the
Calculate Button section below.
Defines the time interval (in ms) between AP beacon broadcasts. Not
recommended to change the default 100ms setting.
RTS (Request to Send) threshold. This parameter controls what size
data packet the low level RF protocol issues to an RTS packet. The
default is 2346 with the valid range of 0-2346.
There are several trade-offs to consider setting this parameter.
Using a small value causes RTS packets to be sent more often,
consuming more of the available bandwidth potentially reducing the
throughput of the network packet. However, the more RTS packets
that are sent, the quicker the system can recover from interference
or collisions -- as would be the case in a wireless network with
interference.
Default is 2346 with a valid range is 256-2346. This parameter sets the
threshold where the wireless transmission will fragment any packet if
the packet size exceeds the threshold value. This setting/rule will not
apply to broadcast and multicast packets.
Distance in meters that will be used to calculate Slot time, ACK
timeout and CTS timeout. The default is 1000 meters but this value
should be increased if the link distance goes beyond 1000m. Settings
above 4000m will gradually start to affect link throughput. Once the
distance value has been entered, press the Calculate button. This will
update the Slot time, ACK Timeout, and CTS Timeout fields. Once
these have been updated, press the Apply Settings button.
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