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9. A preamble is a signal
used to synchronize
the transmission tim-
ing between two or
more points in your
wireless network.
The default setting is
Long Tx Preamble
(as shown in Figure 9-
9). Long Tx Preamble
allows extra time for
the digital decoder to
process the initial
header packets, but is
transmitted at
11Mbps. Short Tx
Preamble allows for
less time to process
the packets, but initial
packets are transmit-
ted at 2Mbps. Click
SSID to continue or
the OK button to fin-
ish setting the
Advanced Options.
10. RTS Threshold
should remain
Disabled the default
setting, as shown in
Figure 9-10. Do not
change the setting of
the RTS Threshold
unless connection
quality is poor. Then,
increase this setting by
a small value to estab-
lish a better connec-
tion. Click Network
Type to continue or
the OK button to fin-
ish setting the
Advanced Options.
Network PC Card
7. Select Network Type
(Figure 9-7) and select a
Value, from the drop
down menu, of either
Infrastructure or Ad-
Hoc.
The Infrastructure mode
allows a Network PC
Card to communicate
with a wired network
employing an access
point, while the Ad-Hoc
mode allows wireless-
to-wireless, peer-to-peer
communication. Click
Power Save Mode to
continue or the OK but-
ton to finish setting the
Advanced Options.
8. Select Power Save
Mode (shown in Figure
9-8) and select either
Enabled or Disabled
for the Value. Disabled
will allow for uninter-
rupted data communica-
tion. Selecting Enabled
allows your notebook to
enter “sleep” mode and
could interrupt data
communication. For
further information
about Power Save
Mode, see Chapter 7:
Configuration Utility.
Click Preamble Mode
to continue or the OK
button to finish setting
the Advanced Options.
Figure 9-9
Figure 9-10
Figure 9-7
Figure 9-8
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