User's Guide

2003/7/9

There’s 3 property pages in the Configuration property sheet, which includes General, Encryption, and Advanced

General

In this page, user can configure the station card with its

Network type (Infrastructure/Ad hoc), SSID (up to 32

characters), channel (only in Ad hoc mode, and its range

is according to the regulatory domain setting in the

EEPROM), and the Desire Tx Rate (Automatic/ 1 Mbps/1

Mbps/ 2 Mbps/ 5.5 Mbps/ 11 Mbps)

Figure 1-3. General Settings

Encryption

By choosing this option, you can set the card with its

encryption mode to NONE or WEP, the authentication

mode to Open system or Shared key or Auto Switch.

Figure 1-4. Encryption Settings

When set as WEP enabled, you have to set/complete the

WEP key materials key material length and specify which

one of them as the default key (1 to 4) correctly, which

means 4 different keys should be in the same length or

empty, and the default key radio button should be set to the

set with non-empty key material. If the setting is not

complete, the APPLY button will remain to be “gray” and

cannot be clicked until user do correct settings of this page.

Advanced

Choosing the Advanced option, you can change advanced

configuration settings, such as the Power Saving mode,

Preamble Type

Fragmentation Threshold

, and

RTS

Threshold (See Figure 1-5). Figure 1-5 shows the

recommended configuration for the advanced settings.

Before selecting Short Preamble, make sure that the other

stations and APs are also supporting this feature.

Figure 1-5. Advanced Settings