[Wireless Router] How to do Professional Wireless settings
Wireless Professional Setting allows you to set up additional parameters for wireless. But default values are recommended.
NOTE: Some features may vary due to different models and different firmware versions.
ASUS Router Web GUI
Step 1. Connect your computer to the router via wired or WiFi connection and enter your router's LAN IP or router URL http://www.asusrouter.com to the WEB GUI.
Note: Please refer to How to enter the router setting page(Web GUI) to learn more.
Step 2. Key in your router's username and password to log in.
Note: If you forget the user name and/or password, please restore the router to the factory default status and setup.
Please refer to [Wireless Router] How to reset the router to factory default setting? for how to restore the router to default status.
Step 3. Click [ Wireless] > [Professional], we provide several functions for each band.
2.4 GHz
1. Band : Select the band 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz or 6 GHz you want to set up.
2. Enable Radio : Select [Yes] to enable radio.
3. Enable wireless scheduler : Allow administrators to specify when the wireless network will power off to conserve energy and maintain network security.
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4. Roaming assistant : In network configurations that involve multiple Access Points or wireless repeaters, wireless clients sometimes cannot automatically connect to the best available AP because they are still connecting to the main wireless router. Enable this feature so the clients will disconnect automatically from the main wireless router if the signal strength is under specific threshold and connect to a stronger signal.
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5. Wi-Fi Agile multiband : Wi-Fi Alliance released Wi-Fi Agile Multiband for better WiFi coverage and improved connection speed.
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6. Target Wake Time : Target Wake Time (TWT) is a WiFi 6 feature that allows client devices and access points to schedule when devices will wake up to send or receive data, reducing power consumption.
7. Enabled IGMP Snooping : When enabled, IGMP Snooping monitors IGMP communication among devices and optimizes wireless multicast traffic.
8. 802.11b mode : The Preamble type defines the length of the CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check), which is a technique for detecting data transmission errors among wireless devices. We recommend that you configure all wireless devices to the same preamble type. Use short preamble for wireless devices in high network traffic areas. Use long preamble for older wireless devices.
9. AMPDU RTS : Use RTS for every AMPDU.
10. RTS Threshold : Lower the signal RTS (Request To Send) to promote the transmission efficiency in condition of noisy environment or too many clients.
11. DTIM Interval : Delivery traffic indication message is a countdown field notifying wireless clients of when they can expect the next window for listening to broadcast and multicast messages from the wireless router. This feature is useful for computers configured to enter sleep mode as a DTIM message will notify the client that the wireless router has information that must be sent.
12. Beacon Interval : Beacon Interval means the period of time between one beacon and the next one. The default value is 100 (the unit is in milliseconds, or 1/1000 second). Lower the Beacon Interval to improve transmission performance in unusable environments or roaming clients, but it will be client consuming.
13. Enable TX Bursting : Selecting [Enable] enables TX Bursting to improve the Transmission speed (from AP to client) of 802.11g devices.
14. Enable WMM : Enable WMM (WiFi Multimedia) to improve user experience of multimedia applications on your wireless network.
15. Enable WMM No-Acknowledgement : [No-Acknowledgement] is the acknowledge policy at MAC level. When enabled, it results in more efficient throughput but higher error rates in a noisy Radio Frequency (RF) environment.
16. Enable WMM APSD : Enable or Disable WMM APSD (Automatic Power Save Delivery).
17. Airtime Fairness : Provide Airtime Fairness between multiple links.
18. OFDMA / MU-MIMO : OFDMA is a multi-user version of the OFDM digital-modulation technology. In WiFi 6 (802.11ax), OFDMA is one of the critical feature to improve network performance.
19. Tx power adjustment : Tx power adjustment for TPC(Transmit power control) and power saving.
5 GHz
1. Band : Select the band 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz or 6 GHz you want to set up.
2. Enable Radio : Select [Yes] to enable radio.
3. Enable wireless scheduler : Allow administrators to specify when the wireless network will power off to conserve energy and maintain network security.
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4. Roaming assistant : In network configurations that involve multiple Access Points or wireless repeaters, wireless clients sometimes cannot automatically connect to the best available AP because they are still connecting to the main wireless router. Enable this feature so the clients will disconnect automatically from the main wireless router if the signal strength is under specific threshold and connect to a stronger signal.
[Wireless Router] How to enable the Roaming Assistant?
5. Wi-Fi Agile multiband : Wi-Fi Alliance released Wi-Fi Agile Multiband for better WiFi coverage and improved connection speed.
[Wireless Router] What is Wi-Fi Agile Multiband?
6. Target Wake Time : Target Wake Time (TWT) is a WiFi 6 feature that allows client devices and access points to schedule when devices will wake up to send or receive data, reducing power consumption.
7. Enabled IGMP Snooping : When enabled, IGMP Snooping monitors IGMP communication among devices and optimizes wireless multicast traffic.
8. 802.11b mode : The Preamble type defines the length of the CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check), which is a technique for detecting data transmission errors among wireless devices. We recommend that you configure all wireless devices to the same preamble type. Use short preamble for wireless devices in high network traffic areas. Use long preamble for older wireless devices.
9. AMPDU RTS : Use RTS for every AMPDU.
10. RTS Threshold : Lower the signal RTS (Request To Send) to promote the transmission efficiency in condition of noisy environment or too many clients.
11. DTIM Interval : Delivery traffic indication message is a countdown field notifying wireless clients of when they can expect the next window for listening to broadcast and multicast messages from the wireless router. This feature is useful for computers configured to enter sleep mode as a DTIM message will notify the client that the wireless router has information that must be sent.
12. Beacon Interval : Beacon Interval means the period of time between one beacon and the next one. The default value is 100 (the unit is in milliseconds, or 1/1000 second). Lower the Beacon Interval to improve transmission performance in unusable environments or roaming clients, but it will be client consuming.
13. Enable TX Bursting : Selecting [Enable] enables TX Bursting to improve the Transmission speed (from AP to client) of 802.11g devices.
14. Enable WMM : Enable WMM (WiFi Multimedia) to improve user experience of multimedia applications on your wireless network.
15. Enable WMM No-Acknowledgement : [No-Acknowledgement] is the acknowledge policy at MAC level. When enabled, it results in more efficient throughput but higher error rates in a noisy Radio Frequency (RF) environment.
16. Enable WMM APSD : Enable or Disable WMM APSD (Automatic Power Save Delivery).
17. Airtime Fairness : Provide Airtime Fairness between multiple links.
18. OFDMA / MU-MIMO : OFDMA is a multi-user version of the OFDM digital-modulation technology. In WiFi 6 (802.11ax), OFDMA is one of the critical feature to improve network performance.
19. Tx power adjustment : Tx power adjustment for TPC(Transmit power control) and power saving.
6 GHz
1. Band : Select the band 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz or 6 GHz you want to set up.
2. Enable Radio : Select [Yes] to enable radio.
3. Enable wireless scheduler : Allow administrators to specify when the wireless network will power off to conserve energy and maintain network security.
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4. Roaming assistant : In network configurations that involve multiple Access Points or wireless repeaters, wireless clients sometimes cannot automatically connect to the best available AP because they are still connecting to the main wireless router. Enable this feature so the clients will disconnect automatically from the main wireless router if the signal strength is under specific threshold and connect to a stronger signal.
[Wireless Router] How to enable the Roaming Assistant?
5. Wi-Fi Agile multiband : Wi-Fi Alliance released Wi-Fi Agile Multiband for better WiFi coverage and improved connection speed.
[Wireless Router] What is Wi-Fi Agile Multiband?
6. Target Wake Time : Target Wake Time (TWT) is a WiFi 6 feature that allows client devices and access points to schedule when devices will wake up to send or receive data, reducing power consumption.
7. Enabled IGMP Snooping : When enabled, IGMP Snooping monitors IGMP communication among devices and optimizes wireless multicast traffic.
8. 802.11b mode : The Preamble type defines the length of the CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check), which is a technique for detecting data transmission errors among wireless devices. We recommend that you configure all wireless devices to the same preamble type. Use short preamble for wireless devices in high network traffic areas. Use long preamble for older wireless devices.
9. AMPDU RTS : Use RTS for every AMPDU.
10. RTS Threshold : Lower the signal RTS (Request To Send) to promote the transmission efficiency in condition of noisy environment or too many clients.
11. DTIM Interval : Delivery traffic indication message is a countdown field notifying wireless clients of when they can expect the next window for listening to broadcast and multicast messages from the wireless router. This feature is useful for computers configured to enter sleep mode as a DTIM message will notify the client that the wireless router has information that must be sent.
12. Beacon Interval : Beacon Interval means the period of time between one beacon and the next one. The default value is 100 (the unit is in milliseconds, or 1/1000 second). Lower the Beacon Interval to improve transmission performance in unusable environments or roaming clients, but it will be client consuming.
13. Enable TX Bursting : Selecting [Enable] enables TX Bursting to improve the Transmission speed (from AP to client) of 802.11g devices.
14. Enable WMM : Enable WMM (WiFi Multimedia) to improve user experience of multimedia applications on your wireless network.
15. Enable WMM No-Acknowledgement : [No-Acknowledgement] is the acknowledge policy at MAC level. When enabled, it results in more efficient throughput but higher error rates in a noisy Radio Frequency (RF) environment.
16. Enable WMM APSD : Enable or Disable WMM APSD (Automatic Power Save Delivery).
17. Airtime Fairness : Provide Airtime Fairness between multiple links.
18. OFDMA / MU-MIMO : OFDMA is a multi-user version of the OFDM digital-modulation technology. In WiFi 6 (802.11ax), OFDMA is one of the critical feature to improve network performance.
19. Tx power adjustment : Tx power adjustment for TPC(Transmit power control) and power saving.
Some features may vary due to different models and different firmware versions.
Other items :
1. Bluetooth Coexistence : Enable/Disable Bluetooth Coexistence. Data rate 1Mbps and 2 Mbps are not allowed in Pre-emptive mode. TX Bursting is also not allowed in Pre-emptive mode.
2. Multicast Rate (Mbps) : Select the multicast transmission rate.
3. Preamble Type : The Preamble type defines the length of the CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check), which is a technique for detecting data transmission errors among wireless devices. We recommend that you configure all wireless devices to the same preamble type. Use short preamble for wireless devices in high network traffic areas. Use long preamble for older wireless devices.
4. Optimize AMPDU Aggregation : Optimize max number of MPDUs in an AMPDU.
5. Explicit beamforming : The client’s WLAN adapter and router both support beamforming technology. The technology allows these devices to communicate channel estimation and steering direction to each other to improve download and upload speed. (It’s also called [Explicit Beamforming])
6. Universal Beamforming : For Legacy wireless network adapter that do no support beamforming, the router estimates the channel and determines the steering direction to improve the downlink speed. (It’s also called [Implicit Beamforming])
7. Reducing USB 3.0 interference : Enabling this feature ensures the best wireless performance on the 2.4GHz band. Disabling this feature increases USB 3.0 port’s transmission speed and may affect the 2.4GHz wireless range.
8. Set IP Isolated: When this feature is enabled, wireless clients or devices will not be able to communicate with each other. You may want to utilize this feature if you have many guests frequently using your wireless network.
How to get the (Utility / Firmware)?
You can download the latest drivers, software, firmware and user manuals in the ASUS Download Center.
If you need more information about the ASUS Download Center, please refer to this link.