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In wireless networks what does DTIM do, and can it increase wireless network performance?

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Mar 15, 2026128121 views
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I've seen some routers with the option of configuring the DTIM interval, most of them are set to 1 or 2. What is the purpose of the setting?

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The DTIM is how the AP (wireless router) warns its clients that it is about to transmit the multicast (and broadcast*) frames it queued up since the previous DTIM. This queueing and scheduled delivery is done to allow power-conscious devices to save…

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