11g Wireless Security Router User Guide
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addresses have been blocked (check the Filter field beside the
MAC address in Edit MAC Filter table), the background color
will be yellow.
Wireless Station MAC
Filter:
This function allows you to restrict wireless users to access
Internet.
Click “
Edit MAC Filter Setting
” button to open the edit
table.
Wireless MAC Entry
There are 32 sets divided into four
groups in this function. You can choose each group by
selecting from the pop-down list. Enter the MAC addresses of
the computers you wish to block in the columns and click the
Filter field beside the MAC address, and then that user will be
blocked to link to WLAN and Internet. If the “Filter” field
isn’t checked, that MAC address won’t be blocked. The MAC
address entered here should be 12 continue alphanumeric
digits without “-“ in between. Click “Apply” to save these
changes.
Beacon Interval:
It’s the signal sent periodically by wireless access point to
provide synchronization among the stations in wireless LAN.
RTS Threshold:
RTS packet is use to account for potential hidden stations.
This feature allows you to set the size of RTS packet.
Fragmentation
Threshold:
If the length of data frame needing transmission exceeds the
fragmentation threshold you set in the column, the data frame
will be fragmented. If there is significant interference or high
utilization in your wireless network, the smaller fragmentation
value can increase the reliability transmission. However, it is
more efficient to set the large fragment size.
DTIM Interval:
DTIM is the acronym of delivery traffic indication message. It
determines how often the MAC Layer forward multicast
traffic.