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38User Manual ENGLISHEAP/OWL-Series Wave 2 Enterprise Access PointCopyright © 2017, 4ipnet, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.4.6 AdvancedThe administrator can adjust the following parameters to improve network communication performanceif a poor connection occurs.RTS Threshold: Enter a value between 1 and 2346. RTS (Request to Send) Threshold determines thepacket size at which the system issues a request to send (RTS) before sending the fragment to preventthe hidden node problem. The RTS mechanism will be activated if the data size exceeds the valueprovided. A lower RTS Threshold setting can be useful in areas where many client devices are associatingwith the AP or in areas where the clients are far apart and can detect only the AP but not each other.Fragmentation Threshold (802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g Modes): Enter a value between 256 and 2346. Apacket size larger than this threshold will be fragmented (sent with several pieces instead of one chunk)before transmission. A smaller value results in smaller frames but allows a larger number of frames intransmission. A lower Fragment Threshold setting can be useful in areas where communication is poor ordisturbed by a serious amount of radio interference.DTIM Period: Input the DTIM Interval that is generated within the periodic beacon at a specifiedfrequency. Higher DTIM will allow the wireless client to save more energy, but the throughput will belowered.Consecutive Dropped Packets: This is the maximum number of transmission retries the AP will attemptwhen packet transmission is dropped before deciding the client is out of transmission reach. Whentransmission retries fails for the set number of times, the Access Point kicks the client to optimizeperformance for other connected clients.Broadcast SSID: Disabling this function will stop the system from broadcasting its SSID. If broadcast of theSSID is disabled, only devices that have the correct SSID can connect to the system.Wireless Station Isolation: By enabling this function, all stations associated with the system are isolatedand can only communicate with the system.IAPP: IAPP (Inter Access Point Protocol) is a protocol by which access points share information about thestations connected to them. When this function is enabled, the system will automatically broadcastinformation of associated wireless stations to its peer access points. This will help wireless stations roamsmoothly among IAPP-enabled access points in the same wireless LAN.Multicast-to-Unicast Conversion: When Multicast-to-Unicast Conversion is enabled, the Access Pointintelligently forwards traffic only to those ports that request multicast traffic. Adversely, when disabled,multicast traffic is treated like broadcast traffic, with packets forwarded to all ports causing networkinefficiencies.