Edimax Wireless LAN Access Point User Manual page 21

Parameter
Authentication
Type
Fragment
Threshol d
RTS Threshold
Beac on Interval
Data Rate
W ireless L AN AP Configuration
Description
There are two authentication types:
"Open System" and "Shar ed Key".
When you s elect "Open System",
wireless stations can ass ociate with
this acc ess point without WEP
encr yption. When you select "Shared
Key", you shoul d also setup WEP key
in the "Encr yption" page and wirel ess
stations should use WEP encr ypti on i n
the authenticati on phase to associate
with this access point. If you selec t
"Auto", the wireless client can
associate with this access point by
using any one of these two
authentication types.
"Fragment Thr eshol d" specifi es the
maxi mum size of pac ket during the
fragmentation of data to be transmitted.
If you set this value too low, it will res ult
in bad perfor mace.
When the pac ket size is smaller the
RTS threshold, the acc ess point will
not use the RTS/CTS mec hanism to
send this pac ket.
The inter val of ti me that this access
point broadcas t a beacon. Beacon is
used to s ynchronize the wirel ess
networ k.
The "Data Rate" is the rate this access
point uses to trans mit data pac kets.
The acc ess point will us e the highest
possible selected trans mission rate to
transmit the data pac kets .
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