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--- advanced-wireless [2024/10/15 00:55] – [WMM] -Condense hogwild
+++ advanced-wireless [2024/11/27 01:41] (current) – [Regulatory Mode] hogwild
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 (Supported only on MIPS RT & RT-N branch/images, NOT ARM)
-Enabling Afterburner enables support for Broadcom's frame-bursting and compression technology to improve 802.11g wireless throughput. This feature is also known as //125 High Speed Mode// (or //125HSM//) and goes by other names with other hardware vendors.
+Checking Afterburner enables support for Broadcom's frame-bursting and compression technology to improve 802.11g WiFi throughput. This feature is also known as //125 High Speed Mode// (or //125HSM//) and goes by other names with other hardware vendors.
 In theory, this boosts signaling rates to 125 Mb/s. Realistically, one can expect 30-40 Mb/s throughput. Since this is a proprietary protocol extension, effectiveness varies depending on the client device vendor maker as well.
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 ==== Protected Management Frames ====
-(Default: Off) (ARM-only).
+(Default: Off). (ARM-only).
 Protected Management Frames (PMF), or MFP.
-  * Disable * -  Turns off PMF.
+  * Disable * -  turns off PMF.
-  * Capable  -  Allows all WiFi clients to connect to the network, \\ whether they're PMF-capable or not. Check your WiFi clients \\ for connectivity problems.
+  * Capable  -  allows all WiFi clients to connect to the network, \\ whether or not they're PMF-capable. Check your WiFi clients \\ for connectivity problems.
-  * Required - Only PMF-capable WiFi clients may connect to the network.
+  * Required - only PMF-capable WiFi clients may connect to WiFi.
- \\ This option has been supported since release 2021.6.
+ \\ This option has been supported since release 2021.6. It is disabled by default, since not all WiFi clients support it.
 Protected Management Frames provide security for unicast and multicast management action frames. PMF prevents unicast management action frames from eavesdropping and forging data. It also prevents forged multicast management action frames. PMF augments existing privacy protections for data frames with mechanisms that improve the resilience of mission-critical networks.
-This feature is disabled by default, since not all WiFi clients support it.
  \\
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   * Disable *
-  * Auto - Determines which client can reach the router at a specific time \\ through CTS and its send (RTS) packet.
+  * Auto - determines which client can reach the router  \\ at a specific time through CTS and its send (RTS) packet.
  \\
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   - Federal Communications Commission or "FCC" (USA)
-  - European Telecommunications Standards Institute or "ETSI"
+  - European Telecommunications Standards Institute ("ETSI")
   - Telecom Engineering Center or "TELEC" (Japan)
   - (South) Korea Communications Commission (KCC)
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  \\
+==== Inactivity Timer ====
+Sets the threshold time after which virtual interfaces are removed in Media Bridge mode.
+(Default: "0 / Disabled"). (Range: 60 - 3600 seconds)
+If Media Bridge is enabled, the field appears under the corresponding Media Bridge Radio.
+Media Bridge mode creates a Virtual Interface ("wlX.Y") for every router client connected. Those interfaces will be removed after the time period set here. If set to "O"/Disabled", a "wlX.Y" interface is retained for every connected client until the router reboots, including inactive, disconnected devices.\\  \\
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 (Default: 0 / Disabled)
-This function lets you "kick" users with a weak signal signal strength at or below at value you set, off the WiFi network. After enabling this, you can define the value for disconnecting clients with RSSI lower than -XY dBm (Valid range: -90 to -45) from your WiFi radio interface (eth1/eth2/eth3).
+This function lets you "kick" users off the WiFi network that have a weak signal signal strength at or below a set value. After enabling it, you can define the value for disconnecting clients with RSSI lower than -XY dBm (Valid range: -90 to -45) from your WiFi radio interface (eth1/eth2/eth3).
 Support for this started with release 2022.1 (ARM & MIPS hardware; Some MIPS models may not include this option).
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 {{:ft_wl_advanced_turbo_qam.png}}
- \\  \\
+ \\  \\ Wireless Multicast Forwarding allows data to be transmitted to multiple WiFi devices simultaneously, while using less network resources. Broadcasts on the LAN use up valuable bandwidth/resources because the data are sent through all network ports. In contrast, with IGMP, data are sent to a multicast IGMP address. IGMP then allows network switches to inspect (or "snoop") IGMP messages between hosts and routers. This lets the switches determine which ports are members of a specific multicast group. As a result, multicast traffic is then only forwarded to ports that have members of the relevant group. Only clients intended to receive the data actually receive it. The result is reduced overall network traffic
+WMF uses IGMP to manage multicast groups and keep track of participating devices.
+WMF is particularly useful for applications that require simultaneous transmission to multiple devices, such as:
+  - IPTV (Internet Protocol Television)
+  - Satellite connections
+  - Streaming broadcast-type media (e.g., internet radio)
+ \\
-Wireless Multicast Forwarding can be very bandwidth demanding. With old WiFi versions like 802.11a/b/g, it might "hog" the connection, causing low throughput. To reduce that, you may want to disable this feature.
+The downside of Wireless Multicast Forwarding is that it can be very bandwidth-demanding. With old WiFi versions like 802.11a/b/g, it might "hog" the connection, causing low throughput. To reduce that, you may want to disable the feature.
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