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Chapter 8 Wireless Screen Table 24 Wireless: Bridge / Repeater LABEL DESCRIPTIONS Disable channel switching for DFS This field displays only when you select 802.11a or 802.11n/a in the 802.11 Radio Mode field. Select this if you do not want to use DFS (Dynamic Frequency Selection). Super Mode DFS (dynamic frequency selection) allows an AP to detect other devices in the same channel. If there is another device using the same channel, the AP changes to a different channel, so that it can avoid interference with radar systems or other wireless networks. (For NWA-3160 and NWA-3163 only) Channel ID Select this to improve data throughput on the WLAN by enabling fast frame and packet bursting. Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region. To manually set the NWA to use a channel, select a channel from the drop-down list box. Click MAINTENANCE and then the Channel Usage tab to open the Channel Usage screen to make sure the channel is not already used by another AP or independent peer-topeer wireless network. Disable DCS to unlock To have the NWA automatically select a channel, click Scan instead. This appears if the DCS feature is enabled. Click this to disable DCS and select a channel ID manually. Short GI A-MPDU Aggregation RTS/CTS Threshold Fragmentation Threshold Note: DCS is Disabled by default This field is available only when 802.11n/g or 802.11n/a is selected as the 802.11 Radio Mode. Select Enable to use Short GI (Guard Interval). The guard interval is the gap introduced between data transmission from users in order to reduce interference. Reducing the GI increases data transfer rates but also increases interference. Increasing the GI reduces data transfer rates but also reduces interference. This field is available only when 802.11n/g or 802.11n/a is selected as the 802.11 Radio Mode. Select Enable to allow the grouping of several A-MSDUs (Aggregate MAC Service Data Units) into one large A-MPDU (Aggregate MAC Protocol Data Unit). This function allows faster data transfer rates. Use RTS/CTS to reduce data collisions on the wireless network if you have wireless clients that are associated with the same AP but out of range of one another. When enabled, a wireless client sends an RTS (Request To Send) and then waits for a CTS (Clear To Send) before it transmits. This stops wireless clients from transmitting packets at the same time (and causing data collisions). A wireless client sends an RTS for all packets larger than the number (of bytes) that you enter here. Set the RTS/CTS equal to or higher than the fragmentation threshold to turn RTS/CTS off. The threshold (number of bytes) for the fragmentation boundary for directed messages. It is the maximum data fragment size that can be sent. Enter an even number between 256 and 2346. 130 NWA-3160 Series User's Guide

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Chapter 8 Wireless Screen
NWA-3160 Series User’s Guide
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Disable channel
switching for DFS
This field displays only when you select
802.11a
or
802.11n/a
in
the
802.11 Radio Mode
field. Select this if you do not want to use
DFS
(Dynamic Frequency Selection).
DFS (dynamic frequency selection) allows an AP to detect other
devices in the same channel. If there is another device using the
same channel, the AP changes to a different channel, so that it can
avoid interference with radar systems or other wireless networks.
Super Mode
(For NWA-3160 and NWA-3163 only)
Select this to improve data throughput on the WLAN by enabling fast
frame and packet bursting.
Channel ID
Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular
region.
To manually set the NWA to use a channel, select a channel from the
drop-down list box. Click
MAINTENANCE
and then the
Channel
Usage
tab to open the
Channel Usage
screen to make sure the
channel is not already used by another AP or independent peer-to-
peer wireless network.
To have the NWA automatically select a channel, click
Scan
instead.
Disable DCS to
unlock
This appears if the DCS feature is enabled.
Click this to disable DCS and select a channel ID manually.
Note: DCS is
Disabled
by default
Short GI
This field is available only when
802.11n/g
or
802.11n/a
is
selected as the
802.11 Radio Mode
. Select
Enable
to use
Short
GI
(Guard Interval). The guard interval is the gap introduced
between data transmission from users in order to reduce
interference. Reducing the GI increases data transfer rates but also
increases interference. Increasing the GI reduces data transfer rates
but also reduces interference.
A-MPDU
Aggregation
This field is available only when
802.11n/g
or
802.11n/a
is
selected as the
802.11 Radio Mode
. Select
Enable
to allow the
grouping of several A-MSDUs (Aggregate MAC Service Data Units)
into one large A-MPDU (Aggregate MAC Protocol Data Unit). This
function allows faster data transfer rates.
RTS/CTS
Threshold
Use RTS/CTS to reduce data collisions on the wireless network if you
have wireless clients that are associated with the same AP but out of
range of one another. When enabled, a wireless client sends an RTS
(Request To Send) and then waits for a CTS (Clear To Send) before it
transmits. This stops wireless clients from transmitting packets at
the same time (and causing data collisions).
A wireless client sends an RTS for all packets larger than the number
(of bytes) that you enter here. Set the RTS/CTS equal to or higher
than the fragmentation threshold to turn RTS/CTS off.
Fragmentation
Threshold
The threshold (number of bytes) for the fragmentation boundary for
directed messages. It is the maximum data fragment size that can
be sent. Enter an even number between
256
and
2346
.
Table 24
Wireless: Bridge / Repeater
LABEL
DESCRIPTIONS