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UsingtheRouter’sWebInterface  18

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8. IntheDTIMIntervalfield,typehowoftenabeaconframeincludesaDeliveryTrafficIndicationMessage,

andthisnumberisincludedineachbeaconframe.Itisgeneratedwithintheperiodicbeaconata

frequencyspecifiedbytheDTIMInterval.

Adeliverytrafficindicationmessageisakindoftraffici

ndicationmessage(TIM)whichinformstheclients

aboutthepresenceofbufferedmulticast/broadcastdataontheaccesspoint.Thedefaultvalueof1

providesgoodperformanceformostapplications.Youmightwanttoincreasethisvaluewhenusing

batterypoweredWi‐Fidevices,whichcansleep(atreducedpowerconsumption)duri

ngthelongerDTIM

intervalperiod.YoumustbalancethepowersavingsfromincreasingtheDTIMIntervalagainstpossible

reducedcommunicationthroughput.

9. IntheRTSThresholdfield,typetheframesizeatwhichtheAPtransmissionsmustusetheRTS/CTS

protocol.Thisisoftenusedtosolvehiddennodepro

blems.

UsingasmallvaluecausesRTSpacketstobesentmoreoften,consumingmoreoftheavailablebandwidth.

However,themoreRTSpacketsthataresent,thequickerthesystemcanrecoverfrominterferenceor

collisions.

Settingsecurityoptions

Youcanspecifythesecurityprotocolthattherouterusestosecurethecommunicationsfromtherouterto

theconnecteddevices.

1. FromtheModedrop‐downlist,selectthesecurityprotocolyouwanttouse.Optionsinclude:

 None

 WEP:UseWiredEquivalentPrivacyprotocoltoallowagroupofdevicesonthenetworktoexchange

codedmessages.

 WPA‐PSK:UseWi‐Fiprotectedaccesstosecuredataexchangedonyournetwork.

 WPA2‐PSK:UseWi‐Fiprotectedaccessversion2tosecuredataexchangedonyournetwork.

2. ToconfigureWEP:

a. FromtheEncryptiondrop‐downlist,selecttheencryptiontobeused.

b. Togenerateakeyfromaphrase,inthePassphrasefield,typeaphrase.ClickGenerate.

c. Tomanuallyen

terkeys,typethekeysintheKey1,Key2,Key3orKey4fields.

3. ToconfigureWPA‐PSKandWPA2‐PSK:

a. SelecttheWPAAlgorithmfromthedrop‐downlist.

b. IntheSharedKeyfield,typethekeythatisusedforencryptinganddec

ryptingthedata.

c. Toremovethemaskcharacters,therebymakingtheSharedKeyvisible,checkUnmask.

Whendone,clickSubmit,thenSaveandRestart.

ViewinginformationaboutWi ‐Ficlientsusingyourwirelessnetwork

Toviewinformationaboutclients(suchascomputers,tablets,andsmartphones)thatareusingyourrouter's

Wi‐Fifeaturestoexchangedata:

1. TheClientsgroupdisplaysalistofclientsusingyourrouter'sWiFi.

2. Toupdatethelist,clickRefresh.