ZyXEL P-336M 802.11g Wireless MIMO Firewall Router 191000G0336M Manual De Usuario

ZyXEL P-336M User’s Guide

Chapter 4 Advanced

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Stations can send frames smaller than the specified RTS/CTS directly to the AP without the 
RTS (Request To Send)/CTS (Clear to Send) handshake. 

You should only configure RTS/CTS if the possibility of hidden nodes exists on your network 
and the "cost" of resending large frames is more than the extra network overhead involved in 
the RTS (Request To Send)/CTS (Clear to Send) handshake. 

If the RTS/CTS value is greater than the Fragmentation Threshold value (see next), then the 
RTS (Request To Send)/CTS (Clear to Send) handshake will never occur as data frames will 
be fragmented before they reach RTS/CTS size. 

Note: Enabling the RTS Threshold causes redundant network overhead that could 

negatively affect the throughput performance instead of providing a remedy.

A Fragmentation Threshold is the maximum data fragment size (between 256 and 2432 bytes) 
that can be sent in the wireless network before the Prestige will fragment the packet into 
smaller data frames.

A large Fragmentation Threshold is recommended for networks not prone to interference 
while you should set a smaller threshold for busy networks or networks that are prone to 
interference.

If the Fragmentation Threshold value is smaller than the RTS/CTS value (see previously) you 
set then the RTS (Request To Send)/CTS (Clear to Send) handshake will never occur as data 
frames will be fragmented before they reach RTS/CTS size.

To configure advanced wireless settings, click Advanced > Wireless to display the screen.