Comnet netwave NWK3 AP Installation And Operation Manual page 24

INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL
9.3.3 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.
9.3.4 WIRELESS SETTINGS-AP Page RSSI LED INDICATOR Section
This section allows the user to set the LED threshold for the RSSI Indicating LEDs.
NOTE: LED1 on this page corresponds to LED10 on the external LED label, LED2 corresponds to
LED20, LED3 corresponds to LED30, and LED4 corresponds to LED40/DIAG.
Remember to select Apply Settings if any changes were made.
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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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