User manual LINKSYS WAP54G

[. . . ] Instant Wireless® Series Wireless-G Access Point Use this guide to install: WAP54G User Guide COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Specifications are subject to change without notice. Copyright © 2003 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. Instant Wireless, Linksys, and the Linksys logo are registered trademarks of Linksys Group, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] For computers one through twenty on your wireless network, 1~20 is selected by default. If you have more than twenty computers on your wireless network, use this pull-down menu to select 21~40. Then, type the MAC Address(es) you wish to filter in the MAC Address fields. Do not use colons when entering the digits. Use a xxxxxxxxxxxx format with the x's representing the actual characters of the MAC address. If you want to clear the MAC addresses you entered, click the Clear button. When you've completed making any changes on this tab, click the Apply button to save those changes or Cancel to cancel your changes. For more information on this tab, click the Help button. · 26 27 Instant Wireless® Series · Beacon Interval. This value indicates the frequency interval of the beacon. Enter a value between 20 and 1000 milliseconds. The Beacon Interval value indicates the frequency interval of the beacon. A beacon is a packet broadcast by the Access Point to synchronize the wireless network. This value should remain at its default setting of 2346. Should you encounter inconsistent data flow, only minor reductions are recommended. This value specifies the maximum size for a packet before data is fragmented into multiple packets. It should remain at its default setting of 2346. A smaller setting means smaller packets, which will create more packets for each transmission. Only minor reductions of this value are recommended. This value, between 1 and 255 milliseconds, indicates the interval of the Delivery Traffic Indication Message (DTIM). A DTIM field is a countdown field informing clients of the next window for listening to broadcast and multicast messages. When the Access Point has buffered broadcast or multicast messages for associated clients, it sends the next DTIM with a DTIM Interval value. Access Point Clients hear the beacons and awaken to receive the broadcast and multicast messages. Wireless-G Access Point The SNMP screen allows you to customize the Simple Network Management The SNMP Tab · · · Figure 6-14 Protocol (SNMP) settings. [. . . ] It can also be used as a communications protocol in a private network (either an intranet or an extranet). When you are set up with direct access to the Internet, your computer is provided with a copy of the TCP/IP program just as every other computer that you may send messages to or get information from also has a copy of TCP/IP. Throughput - The amount of data moved successfully from one place to another in a given time period. Topology - A network's topology is a logical characterization of how the devices on the network are connected and the distances between them. [. . . ]