TRENDnet TEW-230APB User Manual page 10

II. Advanced Settings
The Advanced Settings is to set the data transferring, this is used by
advanced users who knows what will effect the changes.
Authentication Type: to choose which authentication algorithm
will be used, open system, shared key or both type.
Fragment Threshold: the size at which packets will be
fragmented. Choose a setting within a range of 256 to 2346
bytes.
RTS Threshold: Choose a setting within a range of 0 to 2437
bytes. It is recommended limiting a long packet to prevent each
station waiting too long to transmit a data.
Beacon Interval: With Host AP mode, the most noticeable
effect of beacon interval is latency in sending unicast packets to
power saving stations and broadcast/multicast packets in general.
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Data Rate: to select the transfer rate from 11, 5.5, 2, 1Mbps and
Auto.
Preamble Type: to limit the packet size of the data to transmit.
It is recommended to choose the short preamble when the link
quality is bad.
Broadcast SSID: to broadcast the SSID in the Wireless local
area network. When the function is disabled, then the wireless
client can not detect the SSID while the client is surveying the
site of the AP.
IAPP: InterAP Protocol. A protocol being developed as the
802.11f version of the IEEE 802.11 WLAN specification, to
support interoperability, mobility, handover, and coordination
among APs in a WLAN. IAPP enables APs to communicate
with one another.
III. Security
This function is used to protect wireless communication from
eavesdropping. A secondary function of encryption is to prevent
unauthorized access to a wireless network, and it can be achieved by
using the Encryption function.
This AP provides two modes for Security Encrytion, WPA and WEP.
WEP encryption implementation was not put in place with the 802.11
standard. This means that there are about as many methods of WEP
encryption as there are providers of wireless networking products. In
addition, WEP is not completely secure. One piece of information still
not encrypted is the MAC address, which hackers can use to break
into a network by spoofing (or faking) the MAC addresses.
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is the newest and best available
standard in Wi-Fi security. Two modes are available: Pre-Shared Key
and RADIUS. Pre-Shared Key gives you a choice of two encryption
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