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D-Link DWC-1000 User Manual 91

Section 4 - Advanced WLAN Conguration

3. Complete the elds in the table below and click Save.

Field Description

AP Prole ThenameofAPProle

Radio Mode The radio mode. 802.11a/n or 802.b/g/n

Radio Conguration

State

SpecifywhetheryouwanttheradioonorobyclickingOnorO.

If you turn o a radio, the AP sends disassociation frames to all the wireless clients it is

currently supporting so that the radio can be gracefully shutdown and the clients can start

theassociationprocesswithotheravailableAPs.

ON=RadioON

OFF=RadioOFF

Radio Scheduler Select a congured schedule or select Scheduler O.

RTS Threshold

SpecifyaRequesttoSend(RTS)Thresholdvaluebetween0and2347.

The RTS threshold indicates the number of octets in an MPDU, below which an RTS/CTS

handshake is not performed.

ChangingtheRTSthresholdcanhelpcontroltracowthroughtheAP,especiallyonewitha

lotofclients.Ifyouspecifyalowthresholdvalue,RTSpacketswillbesentmorefrequently.This

will consume more bandwidth and reduce the throughput of the packet. On the other hand,

sendingmoreRTSpacketscanhelpthenetworkrecoverfrominterferenceorcollisionswhich

might occur on a busy network, or on a network experiencing electromagnetic interference.

Load Balancing Ifyouenableloadbalancing,youcancontroltheamountoftracthatisallowedontheAP.

Load Utilization

If Load Balancing is set to ON, this eld allows you to set a threshold for the percentage of

network bandwidth utilization allowed on the radio. Once the level you specify is reached,

theAPstopsacceptingnewclientassociations.Enterapercentageofutilizationfrom1to100.

Maximum Clients

Specify the maximum number of stations allowed to associate with this access point at any

one time. You can enter a value between 0 and 200.

RF Scan Other Channels

TheaccesspointcanperformRFscanstocollectinformationaboutotherwirelessdevices

within range and then report this information to the wireless controller. If Scan Other

Channels is set to ON, the radio periodically moves away from the operational channel to

scanotherchannels.Enablingthismodecausestheradiotointerruptusertrac,whichmay

benoticeablewithvoiceconnections.WhentheScanOtherChannels=OFFiscleared,theAP

scans only the operating channel.

RF Scan Duration

This eld controls the amount of time the radio spends scanning the other channel (in

milliseconds)duringanRFscan.