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Wireless Performance Overview, Additional Wireless Terms
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Chapter 7 Wireless LAN Many types of encryption use a key to protect the information in the wireless network. The longer the key, the stronger the encryption. Every device in the wireless network must have the same key. 7.2.5 One-Touch Intelligent Security Technology (OTIST) With ZyXEL's OTIST, you set up the SSID and the encryption (WEP or WPA-PSK) on the ZyXEL Device. Then, the ZyXEL Device transfers them to the devices in the wireless networks. As a result, you do not have to set up the SSID and encryption on every device in the wireless network. The devices in the wireless network have to support OTIST, and they have to be in range of the ZyXEL Device when you activate it. See Section 7.6 on page 125 for more details. 7.3 Wireless Performance Overview The following sections introduce different ways to improve the performance of the wireless network. 7.3.1 Quality of Service (QoS) You can turn on Wi-Fi MultiMedia (WMM) QoS to improve the performance of voice and video applications in the wireless network. QoS gives high priority to voice and video, which makes them run more smoothly. Similarly, it gives low priority to many large file downloads so that they do not reduce the quality of other applications. 7.4 Additional Wireless Terms The following table describes wireless network terms and acronyms used in the ZyXEL Device. Table 35 Additional Wireless Terms TERM DESCRIPTION Intra-BSS Traffic This describes direct communication (not through the ZyXEL Device) between two wireless devices within a wireless network. You might disable this kind of communication to enhance security within your wireless network. RTS/CTS Threshold In a wireless network which covers a large area, wireless devices are sometimes not aware of each other's presence. This may cause them to send information to the AP at the same time and result in information colliding and not getting through. By setting this value lower than the default value, the wireless devices must sometimes get permission to send information to the ZyXEL Device. The lower the value, the more often the devices must get permission. If this value is greater than the fragmentation threshold value (see below), then wireless devices never have to get permission to send information to the ZyXEL Device. Preamble A preamble affects the timing in your wireless network. There are two preamble modes: long and short. If a device uses a different preamble mode than the ZyXEL Device does, it cannot communicate with the ZyXEL Device. 116 P-662H/HW-D Series User's Guide