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3. Edit the Advanced tab

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Transmit Power Level - Selects the transmit power level for 802.11b/g in mW. Actual

transmit power may be limited by regulatory domain or hardware limitations.

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Power Save Mode -

• Maximum - Selects maximum mode to let the access point buffer incoming messages

for the wireless adapter. The adapter will detect the access point if any messages are

waiting periodically.

• Normal - In Normal mode, the adapter will be switched to maximum mode

automatically when no large packets are retrieved.

• Off - turns power saving off, thus powering up the wireless adapter continuously for a

short message response time.

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802.11b Preamble - Specifies the preamble setting in 802.11b. The default setting is

Short & Long (access point mode), which allows both short and long headers in the

802.11b frames. The adapter can only use short radio headers if the access point supports

and uses them. Set to Long Only to override allowing short frames.

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Wireless Mode - Specifies 2.4 GHz 54 Mbps, 2.4 GHz 11 Mbps, or Super G (Only for

108M Wireless MINIPCI Adapter) operation in an access point network. The wireless

adapter must match the wireless mode of the access point with which it associates

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Wireless Mode when Starting an Ad Hoc Network - Specifies Super G (Only for 108M

Wireless MINIPCI Adapter) or 2.4 GHz 54/11Mbps to start an Ad Hoc network if no

matching network name is found after scanning all available modes. This mode also allows

the selection of the channel the wireless adapter uses. The channels available depend on

the regulatory domain. If the adapter finds no other ad hoc adapters, the channel that the

adapter starts the ad hoc network with will be selected automatically. The wireless adapter

must match the wireless mode and channel of the clients it associates.

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802.11 Authentication Mode - Select which mode the wireless adapter uses to

authenticate to an access point:

• Automatic causes the adapter to attempt authentication using shared, but switches it to open

authentication if shared fails.

• Open System enables an adapter to attempt authentication regardless of its WEP settings. It will

only associate with the access point if the WEP keys on both the adapter and the access point

match.

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Shared-key only allows the adapter to associate with access points that have the same WEP key.

For infrastructure (access point) networks, click Preferred APs… to specify up to four access

points to the client adapter that attempts to be associated to the access points.