User Manual

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● Configuration
Profile
A profile is a named set of operating parameters for your Wireless Adapter.
The Profile field lets you set values for all parameters by selecting a previously defined profile.
To switch between any existing profiles, simply click the arrow button at the right of the Profile
field to open the pull-down menu and then select the intended one from it.
You may click Save As… button to save the operating parameters in a new profile. Or click
Delete… button to delete the profile.
Network Name
Also known as SSID (Service Set Identifier), must be unique to distinguish itself as a particular
wireless network, while all wireless points in this network area share the same SSID. Type the
identical SSID in the Network Name field to associate with Access Points or stations within the
specified wireless LAN.
Network Type
Two network types are offered here: Access Point and Peer-to-Peer. Choose the intended type
from the two options. The Access Point mode, which is also known as the Infrastructure mode,
allows you to communicate with a wired network via an access point. If you attempt to operate
this mode, you must indicate the identical Network Name to make a communication with the
intended access point. On the other hand, the Peer-to-Peer mode provides you with the
so-called Ad-Hoc communication, which means each wireless-equipped computers within a
group is able to connect with each other as an independent wireless LAN without the use of an
access point. Each station within this Ad-Hoc network has to define the same Network Name.
802.11d
802.11d lets you specify one of three levels of 802.11d support.