User's Manual

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ESSID
The ESS ID is the unique ID used by Access Points and stations to identify a wireless LAN. Wireless
clients associating to any Access Point must have the same ESSID. The default setting is
ANY
, which
allows your MiniUSB Wireless Adapter to automatically associate to any Access Point (Infrastructure
mode) in the vicinity of your wireless adapter. Alternatively, you may check the
ESS ID
check box
to specify the ESS ID. It will then attempt to associate with Access Points or stations with the same
ESS ID. The ESS ID can be set up to
32 characters
and is case sensitive.
Check here before entering the ESS ID
If there two Access Points with the same ESSID, you may check the BSS ID check box and enter the
MAC address of the Access Point you desire to connect to.
Check here before entering the BSS ID
Transmit Rate
The 11Mbps MiniUSB Wireless Adapter provides various data rate options for you to select. Data
rates options include
Fully Automatic
,
2 Mb, Auto 1 or 2 Mb
,
5.5 Mb
, and
11 Mb
. In most
networking scenarios, you will see that the factory-set default “
Fully Automatic
” will prove the most
efficient. This setting will allow your 11Mbps MiniUSB Wireless Adapter to operate at the maximum
data rate. When the communications quality drops below a certain level, the PC Card will
automatically switch to a lower data rate. Transmission at lower data speeds are usually more reliable.
However, when the communications quality improves again, the 11Mbps MiniUSB Wireless Adapter
will gradually increase the data rate again, until it has reached the highest available transmit rate.