User's Manual

Preliminary Installation Manual

3. Edit the Advanced tab

* Power Save Mode -

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Maximum - Selects maximum mode to let the access point buffer incoming

messages for the wireless adapter. The adapter will detect the access point if

any messages are waiting periodically.

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Normal - In Normal mode, the adapter will be switched to maximum mode

automatically when no large packets are retrieved.

？ Off - turns power saving off, thus powering up the wireless adapter continuously

for a short message response time.

* 802.11b Preamble - Specifies the preamble setting in 802.11b. The default setting is

Short & Long (access point mode), which allows both short and long headers in the

802.11b frames. The adapter can only use short radio headers if the access point

supports and uses them. Set to Long Only to override allowing short frames.

* Wireless Mode - Specifies 2.4 GHz 54 Mbps, 2.4 GHz 11 Mbps operation in an

access point network. The wireless adapter must match the wireless mode of the

access point with which it associates

* Wireless Mode when Starting an Ad Hoc Network - Specifies 2.4 GHz 54/11Mbps

to start an Ad Hoc network if no matching network name is found after scanning all

available modes.

* 802.11 Authentication Mode - Select which mode the wireless adapter uses to

authenticate to an access point:

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Automatic causes the adapter to attempt authentication using shared, but switches it to open

authentication if shared fails.

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Open System enables an adapter to attempt authentication regardless of its WEP settings. It

will only associate with the access point if the WEP keys on both the adapter and the access

point match.

？ Shared-key only allows the adapter to associate with access points that have the same WEP

key.

For infrastructure (access point) networks, click Preferred APs… to specify up to four

access points to the client adapter that attempts to be associated to the access points.

2.4.2 Scan Available Networks

1. Click Scan on the Profile Management, the Available Infrastructure and Ad Hoc

Networks window will appear.