Tp-Link TL-WPA271 [33/51] Wireless statistics

TL-WPA281/TL-WPA271 Wireless N Powerline Extender

¾ Transmit Power - Specifies the transmit power of the device. You can select High, Middle or Low

based on your need. High is the default setting and is recommended.

¾ Beacon Interval - Specifies a value between 40-1000 milliseconds. The beacons are the packets

sent by the device to synchronize a wireless network. Beacon Interval value determines the time

interval of the beacons. The default value is 100.

¾ RTS Threshold - Specifies the RTS (Request to Send) Threshold. If the packet is larger than the

specified RTS Threshold size, the device will send RTS frames to a particular receiving station and

negotiate the sending of a data frame. The default value is 2346.

¾ Fragmentation Threshold - This value is the maximum size determining whether packets will be

fragmented. Setting the Fragmentation Threshold too low may result in poor network performance

since excessive packets. 2346 is the default setting and is recommended.

¾ DTIM Interval - Determines the interval of the Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM). You can

specify the value between 1-255 Beacon Intervals. The default value is 1, which indicates the

DTIM Interval is the same as Beacon Interval.

¾ Enable WMM - WMM function can guarantee the packets with high- priority messages being

transmitted preferentially. It is strongly recommended that this function be enabled.

¾ Enable Short GI - This function is recommended for it will increase the data capacity by reducing

the guard interval time.

¾ Enable AP Isolation - Isolates all connected wireless stations so that wireless stations cannot

access each other through WLAN. This function will be disabled if WDS/Bridge is enabled.

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Note:

If you are not familiar with the setting items on this page, it's strongly recommended that you keep the

provided default values; otherwise, it may result in low wireless network performance.

3.5.5 Wireless Statistics

Selecting Wireless > Wireless Statistics will allow you to see the wireless transmission information in

the following screen shown in Figure 3-19. This page shows MAC Address, Current Status, Received

Packets and Sent Packets for each connected wireless station.

Figure 3-19 Statistics of the device attached wireless stations

¾ MAC Address - Shows the connected wireless station's MAC address.

¾ Current Status - The connected wireless station's running status, one of STA-AUTH / STA-ASSOC

/ STA-JOINED / WPA / WPA-PSK / WPA2 / WPA2-PSK / AP-UP / AP-DOWN / Disconnected.