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802.11g Radio Advanced Parameter Descriptions
Parameter Description
Client Specifies if this radio will communicate with 802.11b and/or
Type/Performance 802.11g radios:
11b/11g with range reliability (Not Wi-Fi): Default setting.
Primarily used for 802.11b clients that can only support up to 2
Mbps rate. Also allows clients with 802.11g radios. Parameters
are adjusted for longer range. Basic rates are 1 or 2 Mbps.
Extended rates are 6, 12, or 24 Mbps. Data rates are 1, 2, 5.5, or
11 Mbps and extended data rates are 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, or
54 Mbps.
11b/11g with Wi-Fi compatible rates: Allows clients with
802.11b or 802.11g radios. Basic rates are 1, 2, 5.5, or 11 Mbps.
Data rates are 1, 2, 5.5, or 11 Mbps. Extended data rates are 6,
9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, or 54 Mbps.
11g only for better throughput (Wi-Fi): Only allows clients
with 802.11g radios. Clients without extended rates capabilities
are rejected. Basic rates are 1, 2, 5.5, 11, 6, 12, or 24 Mbps.
Data rates are 1, 2, 5.5, 11, 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, or 54 Mbps.
11b/11g using 11b supported rates (Wi-Fi): Allows clients
with 802.11b or 802.11g radios. Clients that have mandatory
extended data rate requirements will not associate. Basic rates are
1 or 2 Mbps. Data rates are 1, 2, 5.5, or 11 Mbps.
Power Output Level* Set the transmitted power level:
Maximum (63 mW): Sets the output power to the highest level
supported by the radio.
Medium (32 mW): Sets the output power to a level lower than
the highest level supported by the radio.
Low (16 mW): Sets the output power to a level higher than the
minimum level supported by the radio.
Minimum (2 mW): Sets the output power to the lowest level
supported by the radio.
Lowering the power output level reduces the radio coverage for
this area and reduces the range for this radio.
Enable Medium Determines if you want to set a reservation threshold.
Reservation
Check this check box to set a threshold value. Click Submit
Changes, and the Reservation Threshold parameter appears.
If you clear this check box, you may improve network response
time in installations that usually send very small frames or that
have no hidden stations.
Reservation
Appears only if the Enable Medium Reservation parameter is
Threshold checked.
If you enable medium reservation, you need to set a threshold
value, which is the largest data frame that can be transmitted
without reserving air time. Air time is normally reserved to help
prevent collisions with other transmitters.
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