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Advertising and Hops settings
I have roamed around the Internet and on this site for a little bit and I don't seem to be able to find a descriptive and practical description or discussion of the Advertisement Period or Hops setti...
The advertisement time is there to inform clients the maximum time a device's services will be available. A device that may come and go quickly may want to use a shorter advertisement time so that clients quickly time out information about the device, while more permanent devices may use a longer advertisement time. The rationale is to save network bandwidth by sending fewer advertisements, but given network speeds today, this really isn't a problem any more. Don't worry about these settings. The defaults are fine and changing them isn't going to make one whit of difference.
