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Band Steering 
Band Steering 
Enable or disable Band Steering function. 
Band Steering is a technology that detects whether the wireless 
client is dual-band capable. If it is, band steering pushes the 
client to connect to the less-congested 5 GHz network. It does 
this by actively blocking the client’s attempts to connect with 
the 2.4GHz network. 
Isolation 
Isolation between 
SSIDs 
Define whether to isolate traffic between SSIDs. If enabled, 
wireless clients in different SSIDs cannot communicate with 
each other. Enabled by default. 
Advanced Parameters 
Wireless Radio 
Select the desired radio from the list. 
Radio 1 is for 2.4 GHz, and Radio 2 is for 5 GHz. 
Worldwide Mode 
(802.11d) 
Worldwide Mode (802.11d) enables the access point to direct 
connected wireless devices to radio settings specific to where in 
the world the devices are in use. 
Channel Bandwidth 
You can select the channel bandwidth manually for Wireless-N 
connections. When it is set to 20MHz, only 20MHz channel is 
being used. When it is set to 40MHz, Wireless-N connections 
will use 40MHz channel, but Wireless-B connections and 
Wireless-G connections will still use 20MHz channel. 
Guard Interval 
Select the guard interval manually for Wireless-N connections. 
The two options are Short (400 nanoseconds) and Long (800 
nanoseconds). The default is Auto. 
CTS Protection Mode 
CTS (Clear-To-Send) Protection Mode boosts the access point's 
ability to catch all Wireless-G transmissions, but it severely 
decreases performance. By default, CTS Protection Mode is 
disabled, but the access point will automatically enable this 
feature when Wireless-G devices are not able to transmit to the 
access point in an environment with heavy 802.11b traffic. 
Beacon Interval 
The access point transmits beacon frames at regular intervals to 
announce the existence of the wireless network. Enter the 
interval between the transmissions of beacon frames. The value 
range is between 40 and 1000 milliseconds and default is 100 
milliseconds.