If the value is: - 0: the Ethernet Time Out function is disabled. - 1: detect Ethernet timeout by hardware circuitry. - 30-255: Ethernet timeout is detected by software algorithm.

When the Ethernet connection is broken and the WLAP mode is either enabled or disabled, the AP will clear the MU table and disable the RF interface until the Etherent connection is up. The following values are only valid when WLAP mode is enabled and it does not matter whetehr WLAP associates with the root AP or not.

- 2: send WLAP Alive BPDU on Ethernet interface to let other WLAP on the same Ethernet segment to detect it's existence. - 3: keep track of WLAP Alive BPDU on Ethernet inter- face. If the BPDU is missing for 'WLAP Hello Time' seconds, the Ethernet Activity LEDs will flash and the RF interface is disabled until the WLAP Alive BPDU is received again, then the AP will reset itself. The default value is 0.