incorrectly changing these settings can prevent the wireless functions from working.

    1 rts threshold

    request to send threshold. the packet size that is used to determine if it should use the csma/cd (carrier sense multiple access with collision detection) mechanism or the csma/ca define the mechanism for packet transmission. with the csma/cd transmission mechanism, the transmitting station sends out the actual packet as soon as it has waited for the silence period. with the csma/ca transmission mechanism, the transmitting station sends out an rts packet to the receiving station, and waits for the receiving station to send back a cts (clear to send) packet before sending the actual packet data.

    2 fragmentation length

    this is the maximum packet size used for fragmentation. packets larger than the size programmed in this field will be fragmented. the fragment threshold value must be larger than the rts threshold value.

    3 beacon interval

    specifies the data beacon rate between 20 and 1000.

    4 dtim

    the delivery traffic indication message. specifies the data beacon rate between 1 and 255.

    5 preamble type

    a long transmit preamble may provide a more reliable connection or slightly longer range. a short transmit preamble gives better performance.

    6 wireless card access list

    lets you restrict wireless connections according to a list of trusted pcs mac addresses. when the trusted pcs only radio button is selected, the fwg114p checks the mac address of the wireless station and only allows connections to pcs identified on the trusted pcs list.

    to restrict access based on mac addresses, click the set up access list button and update the mac access control list.