7 system tools, 1 firmware – TP-Link TL-WA501G User Manual

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TL-WA501G

54M Wireless Access Point User Guide

Figure5-19: AP Wireless Advanced Settings

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Disable short preamble -

Disable short preamble and use long preamble only.

802.11b mode supports only long preamble and this parameter will be ignored.

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RTS threshold - RTS/CTS Threshold, the packet size that is used to determine if

RTS/CTS should be sent.

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Fragmentation threshold - The maximum packet size used for fragmentation.

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Beacon Interval -

The interval time between two successive beacons.

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Power -

The transmit power of the AP.

5.7 System Tools

Figure 5-20: the System Tools menu

There are five submenus under the System Tools menu (shown in figure 5-20):

Firmware

, Factory Defaults, Reboot, Password, and Log. Click any of them, and you

will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each
submenu are provided below.

5.7.1 Firmware

The page (shown in figure 5-21) allows you to upgrade the latest version of firmware for
the AP.

Figure 5-21: Firmware Upgrade

New firmware versions are posted at

www.tp-link.com

and can be downloaded for free. If

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