3Com WL-603 - Manual (Page 76)

74 C HAPTER 5: C ONFIGURING THE R OUTER
Advanced The Advanced screen allows you to configure detailed settings for your
wireless connection. Please note that you should not change this settings
unless you are an expert user. There are six parameters that you can
configure:
Figure 58 Wireless Advanced Setting Screen
■ Beacon Interval: this represents the amount of time between beacon
transmissions.
■ DTIM Interval: A DTIM (Delivery Traffic Indication Message) is a
countdown mechanism used to inform your wireless clients of the
next window for listening to broadcast and multicast messages.
■ Fragmentation Threshold: this is the maximum size for directed data
packets transmitted. The use of fragmentation can increase the
reliability of frame transmissions. Because of sending smaller frames,
collisions are much less likely to occur.
■
RTS Threshold: RTS stands for Request to Send, this parameter
controls what size data packet the low level RF protocol issues to an
RTS packet.
■
CTS Protection Mode: CTS stands for Clear to Send. CTS Protection
Mode boosts the Router’s ability to intercept 802.11b/ 802.11g
transmissions. Conversely, CTS Protection Mode decreases
performance. Leave this feature disabled unless you encounter severe
communication difficulties between the Router and your wireless
clients.