LevelOne WAP-0006/0009 Network Card User Manual


 
Wireless LAN Access Point Configuration
3.2.3 Advanced Setting
User 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. User should not change these
parameters unless user knows 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 users select “Open System”, wireless stations can associate with
this access point without WEP encryption. When users select “Shared
Key”, user 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 users select “Auto”, 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 user set this value too low, it
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