NETGEAR WNDA3100v2 - RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N USB 2.0 Adapter User Manual page 46

NETGEAR RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N USB Adapter WNDA3100v2 User Manual
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• 2.4GHz Preamble. An Auto setting might give slightly better performance. A Long setting
might provide a more reliable connection or slightly longer range.
• Transmit Power. Lowering the output power level lets you reduce the chance of interference
with other nearby access points but reduces the range of your adapter.
• Wireless Mode. You can change the wireless mode, though the default setting works for either
2.4 GHz or 5GHz wireless networks. If you change this setting, make sure that your wireless
router or access point is capable of operating in the same wireless mode.
• Fragmentation Threshold. This is the maximum packet size used for fragmentation. Packets
larger than the size programmed in this field will be fragmented. The Fragment Threshold
value must be larger than the RTS Threshold value.
• RTS/CTS Threshold. The packet size that is used to determine whether it should use the
CSMA/CD (Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection) mechanism or the
CSMA/CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance) mechanism for packet
transmission. CSMA/CD is slightly more efficient.
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