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. 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. All other trademarks and brand names are the property of their respective proprietors. [. . . ] This drop-down menu is for selecting the number of computers on your wireless network. 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. 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. 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. 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. A smaller setting means smaller packets, which will create more packets for each transmission. 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. The Identification settings let you designate the Contact, Device Name, and Location information for the Access Point. The SNMP Community settings allow names to be assigned to any SNMP communities that have been set up in the network. You can define two different SNMP communities, with the default names being Public and Private. In the Location field, specify the area or location where the Access Point resides. Then configure the community's access as either Read-Only or Read-Write. You may change the name from its default, Private. [. . . ] A device for making, breaking, or changing the connections in an electrical circuit. TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) - A method (protocol) used along with the Internet Protocol (Internet Protocol) to send data in the form of message units between computers over the Internet. While IP takes care of handling the actual delivery of the data, TCP takes care of keeping track of the individual 46 Wireless-G Access Point units of data (called packet) that a message is divided into for efficient routing through the Internet. TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) - The basic communication language or protocol of the Internet. [. . . ]