User's Manual

WF-100 CompactFlash Wireless LAN Card User Manual
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Mode
l Access point
– This mode of operation requires the presence of an access point. All
communication is done via the access point, which relays packets to other wireless
clients in the BSS as well as to nodes on a wired network such as Ethernet.
l Peer-to-Peer
– This is the peer-to-peer mode of operation. All communication is
done from client to client without using of an access point.
Current Tx Rate
Display the transmission rate of the current communication.
Current Channel
Display the channel of the current wireless connection. The communication channel ranges
from
1 to 11(US/FCC, Canada/RSS)
,
1 to 13(Europe/ETSI) or 1 to 14(Japan/TELEC)
Power Saving Mode
Indicate the power saving mode is being enable d or disable d. Power saving mode can reduce
the power usage by temporarily disconnecting wireless connections when the connection is
idle.
RTS Threshold
Indicate RTS threshold status, which is set either
disabled
or as the value ranging from
0 to
3000
.
Frag. Threshold
Indicate fragmentation threshold status, which is either
disabled
or as the value ranging from
256 to 2346
.
Encryption
Indicate the state of WEP. If enabled, it indicates the status of 64 bits or 128 bits.
Throughput
Contain two fields displaying the instantaneous wireless receiving (Rx) and transmitting (Tx)
throughput values in bytes per second. These numbers are updated every second.
Link Status indication Figure
A series of figures indicate the current signal level, network mode, and WEP state. All figures
are described below.
Access Point / WEP disabled
The station receives excellent signals.
The WEP is disabled.