GIGABYTE GN-A16B User Manual

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GN-A16B Wireless Access Point User Guide

1 Auto Rate

In this item you can select either “enable” or “disable”. The default value is “enable”.

Enable

If the selection is “enable”, the transfer rate will automatically change to

the optimum rate allowed. The range of auto-change will base on the

setting of “Transmit Rate”.

Disable

There is no transfer rate auto-change. The transfer rate will be defined by

the “Transmit Rate” column.

1 Hidden ESSID

This setting allows you to hide the ESSID in wireless transmission. Those who don’t

know the ESSID will not be able connect to the AP. The default value is “disable”.

1 RTS Threshold

This value should remain at its default setting of 2347. Should you encounter

inconsistent data flow, only minor modifications are recommended. The setting range

is 0 ~ 2347.

1 ESSID

The ESSID or SSID is the name represent the AP in the wireless network. The ESSID

of all AP in your network should set to identical for the mobile client can roam

between access points. This ESSID string is case sensitive of up to 32 ASCII

characters.

1 Fragment Threshold

This value indicates how much of the Access Point’s resources are devoted to

recovering packet errors. The value should remain at its default setting of 2346. If

you have decreased this value and experience high packet error rates, you can

increase it again, but it will likely decrease overall network performance. Only minor

modifications of this value are recommended. The setting range is 256 ~ 2346.

Transmit Rate setting:

11M : range is among 1M, 2M, 5,5M and 11M

5.5M : range is among 1M, 2M and 5,5M

: range is between 1M and 2M

: no auto-change. The transmit rate is fixed at 1M.