EnGenius Technologies ESR-9710 - Manual (Page 49)

ESR-9710 Wireless N Gigabit Router Version 1.0
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ƒ Transmit Power: You may control the output power of the device by selecting a
value from the drop-down list. This feature can be helpful in restricting the coverage
area of the wireless network.
ƒ Beacon Period: Beacons are packets sent by a wireless Access Point to
synchronize wireless devices. Specify a Beacon Period value between 20 and 1000.
The default value is set to 100 milliseconds.
ƒ RTS Threshold: Packets over the specified size will use the RTS/CTS mechanism to
maintain performance in noisy networks and preventing hidden nodes from
degrading the performance. Specify a value between 1 and 65535. The default value
is 2346.
ƒ Fragment Threshold: Packets over the specified size will be fragmented in order to
improve performance on noisy networks. Specify a value between 256 and 65535.
The default value is 2346.
ƒ DTIM Interval: A DTIM is a countdown informing clients of the next window for
listening to broadcast and multicast messages. When the wireless Access Point has
buffered broadcast or multicast messages for associated clients, it sends the next
DTIM with a DTIM Interval value. Wireless clients detect the beacons and awaken to
receive the broadcast and multicast messages. The default value is 1. Valid settings
are between 1 and 255.
ƒ Wireless Isolation: Place a check in this box in order to prevent associated wireless
clients from communicating with each other.
ƒ WMM Enable: Enable WMM in order to help control latency and jitter when
transmitting multimedia content over a wireless connection.
ƒ WDS: Place a check in this box to enable WDS (Wireless Distribution System).
When WDS is enabled, this access point functions as a wireless repeater and is able
to wirelessly communicate with other APs via WDS links.
Note that WDS is incompatible with WPA -- both features cannot be used at the
same time. A WDS link is bidirectional; so this AP must know the MAC Address
(creates the WDS link) of the other AP, and the other AP must have a WDS link back
to this AP. Make sure the APs are configured with same channel number.
ƒ WDS AP MAC Address: Specify one-half of the WDS link. The other AP must also
have the MAC address of this AP to create the WDS link back to this AP.
ƒ Click on the Save Settings button to store these changes.
6.3.2 Virtual Server
ƒ The Virtual Server option gives Internet users access to services on your LAN. This
feature is useful for hosting online services such as FTP, Web, or game servers. For
each Virtual Server, you define a public port on your router for redirection to an
internal LAN IP Address and LAN port.