Linksys WAP54A User Guide - Page 9

Instant Wireless™ Series The Filter Tab The "Filter" tab, shown in Figure 5-7, allows you to block or allow certain computers, by their MAC Address, from communicating with the Access Point. To enable filtering of computers by their MAC Addresses, select Enable from the drop-down menu. Next, click the Add button. This will bring up another screen, as shown in Figure 5-8, where you will specify the MAC Address you will allow or deny over your wireless network. In MAC Address field at the top of this screen, type the MAC Address(es) you wish to filter. Then, click the Type dropdown menu to select if you will allow access to other MAC Addresses or if you will deny the MAC Addresses. To add this to your filtered MAC Addresses, click the Add to List button. Click the Cancel button to return to the previous screen without saving changes. For more information on this tab, you can click the Help button. Figure 5-7 When you've completed making any changes on this tab, click the Apply button to save those changes or Cancel to exit the Webbased Utility without saving changes. For more information on this tab, you can click the Help button. Figure 5-8 12 Wireless Access Point The Advanced Tab Figure 5-9 Before making any changes to the Advanced tab, shown in Figure 5-9, please check your wireless settings on other systems, as these changes will alter the effectiveness of the Access Point. In most cases, these settings do not need to be changed. • Beacon Interval. This value between 20 and 1000, indicates the frequen- cy interval of the beacon. A beacon is a packet broadcast by the Access Point to keep the network synchronized. A beacon includes the wireless LAN service area, the AP address, the Broadcast destination addresses, a time stamp, Delivery Traffic Indicator Maps, and the Traffic Indicator Message (TIM). • RTS Threshold. This value should remain at its default setting of 2,346. Setting this parameter to a small value causes packets to be sent more often, consuming more of the available bandwidth and reducing throughput. A higher value, however, sends more packets less often. Should you encounter inconsistent data flow, only minor modifications are recommended. 13