ConnectGear WA540G - Manual (Page 19)

Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration
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3.2.3 Advanced Setting
You can set advanced parameters of this access point. The parameters include
Authentication Type, Fragment Threshold, RTS Threshold, Beacon Interval, Tx
Operation Rate, Tx Basic Rate, Preamble Type, Broadcast ESSID. You should not
change these parameters unless you know what effect the changes will have on this
access point.
Parameter Description
Authentication Type There are two authentication types: “Open System” and “Shared Key”.
When you select “Open System”, wireless stations can associate with
this access point without WEP encryption. When you select “Shared
Key”, you should also setup WEP key in the “Encryption” page and
wireless stations should use WEP encryption in the authentication phase
to associate with this access point. If you select “Both”, the wireless client
can associate with this access point by using any one of these two
authentication types.
Fragment Threshold “Fragment Threshold” specifies the maximum size of packet during the
fragmentation of data to be transmitted. If you set this value too low, it will