Configuring the Wireless Network
Configuring Advanced Wireless Settings
Configuring Advanced Wireless Settings
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Cisco RV215W Wireless-N VPN Firewall Administration Guide
Draft Version 1—Cisco Confidential
Advanced wireless settings should be adjusted only by an expert administrator;
incorrect settings can reduce wireless performance.
To configure advanced wireless settings:
Choose Wireless > Advanced Settings. The Advanced Settings page appears.
Configure these settings:
Frame Burst
WMM No
Acknowledgement
Basic Rate
Enable this option to provide your wireless networks
with greater performance, depending on the
manufacturer of your wireless products. If you are not
sure how to use this option, keep the default (enabled).
Click to enable this feature.
Enabling WMM No Acknowledgement can result in more
efficient throughput, but higher error rates in a noisy
Radio Frequency (RF) environment. Default setting is
disabled
The Basic Rate setting is not the rate of transmission but
a series of rates at which the Services Ready Platform
can transmit. The advertises its basic rate to the other
wireless devices in your network, so they know which
rates will be used. The Services Ready Platform will also
advertise that it will automatically select the best rate for
transmission.
The default setting is Default, when the can transmit at
all standard wireless rates (1 Mbps, 2 Mbps, 5.5 Mbps,
11 Mbps, 18 Mbps, 24 Mbps, 36 Mbps, 48 Mbps, and 54
Mbps). In addition to B and G speeds, the supports N
speeds. Other options are 1-2 Mbps, for use with older
wireless technology, and All, when the can transmit at all
wireless rates.
The Basic Rate is not the actual rate of data transmission.
If you want to specify the rate of data transmission,
configure the Transmission Rate setting.
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