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destined for your machine. The adapter stays “awake” only long enough to check for and receive
waiting communications.
Fast Power Save mode is like Maximum Power Save mode except that the adapter checks the
activity level on the network and stays fully “awake” if the activity level is high. When network
traffic falls below a certain level, the adapter returns to “doze” mode.
7.2.7 Auth. Mode
The
Auth. Mode
(Authentication Mode) control is the first control in the
Encryption
section of
the profile editor dialog box. It is a drop-down list offering three settings:
Open Authentication
,
Shared Authentication
, and
Auto Switch
.
The setting of this control is ignored when WEP is disabled.
A machine must request permission to join a wireless network. On some networks where WEP is
enabled, a request to join must be WEP-encrypted; on others, it must not.
In Open Authentication mode, requests to join the network are never WEP-encrypted. In Shared
Authentication mode, all requests to join must be WEP-encrypted. The default setting,
Auto
Switch
, causes the utility to encrypt its first request and then send a non-encrypted request if the
encrypted request is denied or ignored.
7.2.8 Passphrase
A “passphrase” is a string of characters from which the utility will generate a WEP key or keys.
The
Passphrase
control is a text input box for typing a passphrase. This box accepts input only
when the
Method
control (see next section) has been set to
64 bits
,
128 bits
, or
256 bits
(selecting one of these three settings is the first step in enabling WEP).
A passphrase can be any length, and it can contain any characters that you can type on your
machine, including spaces.
To use the passphrase method of generating WEP keys,
(1)
make sure the
Method
control is set
to the right key length,
(2)
select the
Passphrase
control,
(3)
type in a passphrase, and
(4)
choose
the
Generate
button.
The passphrase and the generated key or keys are shown on your screen only in the current
profile editor session. If you save the profile and later open it for editing, the
Passphrase
box
will be blank and the key input boxes will show only asterisks.
All wireless networking products made by the manufacturer of your adapter will generate the
same key or keys from a given passphrase. To use a passphrase-generated key on a product from
another company, you must write down the generated values and type them in one by one in the
configuration software for that product.
7.2.9 Method
The
Method
control is a drop-down list for selecting a WEP setting. Four settings are offered:
Disable
,
64 bits
,
128 bits
, and
256 bits
.