Tenda W15-Pro - Page 63

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Parameter
Description
Mandatory Rate
It specifies rates that wireless clients must support to connect to the wireless networks
of this device.
Optional Rate
It specifies the additional rates that the AP supports, which are optional to wireless
clients.
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Prioritize 5 GHz
Although the 2.4 GHz band is more widely used than the 5 GHz band in actual wireless networks
application, channels and signals on 2.4 GHz suffer more serious congestion and interference since
there are only 3 non-overlapped communication channels on this band. The 5 GHz band could
provide more non-overlapped communication channels. The quantity could reach more than 20 in
some countries.
With the evolvement of the wireless networks, wireless clients that support both the 2.4 GHz and
5 GHz are more popular. However, by default, such dual-band wireless clients choose the 2.4 GHz
to connect, resulting in even worse congestion of the 2.4 GHz band and the waste of the 5 GHz
band.
The Prioritize 5 GHz function enables such dual-band wireless clients to connect the 5 GHz band
on network initialization if the 5 GHz signal strength the AP received reaches or exceeds the 5 GHz
threshold so as to improve the utilization of the 5 GHz band, reduce the load and interference on
the 2.4 GHz band, thus bettering user experience.
Disable Prioritize 5 GHz
2.4 GHz
5 GHz
Dual-band clients to
2.4 GHz
Dual-band clients to
5 GHz
* Assume that the max. number of clients allowed to
connect to the 5 GHz is 10.
Enable Prioritize 5 GHz
2.4 GHz
5 GHz
Dual-band clients to
2.4 GHz
Dual-band clients to
5 GHz