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Wireless-G Access Point with Power Over Ethernet The Wireless - Advanced Wireless Settings Tab This screen allows you to configure the advanced settings for the Access Point. Advanced Wireless You can change the data transmission and output power settings for the Access Point. CTS Protection Mode. CTS (Clear-To-Send) Protection Mode function boosts the Access Point's ability to catch all Wireless-G transmissions but will severely decrease performance. If you keep the default setting Auto, the Access Point can use this feature as needed, when the Wireless-G products are not able to transmit to the Access Point in an environment with heavy 802.11b traffic. Select Disabled if you want to permanently disable this feature. Wireless Isolation (between SSIDs). This setting prevents eavesdropping in the network. When it is Enabled, wireless frames received on this Access Point will not be forwarded to other wireless networks (SSIDs). For example, if you have a wireless hotspot, you may want to keep the wireless network (SSID) isolated from your other wireless networks (SSIDs).The default is Enabled. Basic Data Rates (BSSBasicRateSet). This setting is a series of rates that are advertised to the other wireless devices as defined in IEEE 802.11 specifications, so they know at which rates the Access Point can support. One of the rates is picked from the list for transmitting control frames, broadcast/multicast frames, or ACK frames. To support both 802.11b & 802.11g devices, use the default Mixed mode setting so that frames can be decoded by all devices. To support 802.11g devices only, use the G-only mode setting to achieve higher frame rates. For regular data frames, the transmission rate is configured through the Tx Rate Limiting on the Wireless - Basic Wireless Settings tab. Beacon Interval. This value indicates the frequency interval of the beacon. A beacon is a packet broadcast by the Access Point to keep the network synchronized. A beacon includes the wireless networks service area, the Access Point address, the Broadcast destination addresses, a time stamp, Delivery Traffic Indicator Maps, and the Traffic Indicator Message (TIM). DTIM Interval. This value indicates how often the Access Point sends out a Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM). Lower settings result in more efficient networking, while preventing your PC from dropping into powersaving sleep mode. Higher settings allow your PC to enter sleep mode, thus saving power, but interferes with wireless transmissions. RTS Threshold. This setting determines how large a packet can be before the Access Point coordinates transmission and reception to ensure efficient communication. This value should remain at its default setting of 2347. If you encounter inconsistent data flow, only minor modifications are recommended. Chapter 6: Configuring the Wireless-G Access Point with Power Over Ethernet The Wireless - Advanced Wireless Settings Tab Figure 6-15: Wireless - Advanced Wireless 23