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know which one the station supports this
algorithm first.
Fragmentation
Threshold
It is a way of transmitting the packets that will be fragmented.
Choose a setting within a range of 256 to 2432 bytes. It is
recommended to fragment the packet when the link quality is
bad, it is to prevent the wasting time of resending a long packet
that is lost.
RTS/CTS
Threshold
It is a station initiates the process by sending a RTS frame, the
other ends receives the RTS and responds with a CTS frame,
the station must receive a CTS frame before sending the data
frame. This is to prevent the collisions by each station. Choose
a setting within a range of 256 to 2432 bytes. It is
recommended limiting a long packet to prevent each station
waiting too long to transmit a data.
Preamble
The usage of the preamble is to limit the packet size of the data
to transmit. The Default is long preamble.
MAC Address
Filter
Please refer to section 4.3.
Bridge Adapter
If you have another Ethernet card installed in your computer,
you can select the other Ethernet card as the bridge adapter.
This will allow any wireless client that is connected to the
access point to be bridged to the wired network that the other
Ethernet card is connected to.
4.2 Configuring Encryption Security
Select “Enable” from the WEP drop-down list and click “Setting”.
Parameters
Description
Key Length
Select the appropriate encryption key length.