54M Wireless MiniPCI Adapter User Guide
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for a short message response time.
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Network Type:
Select Infrastructure from the drop-down list.
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802.11b Preamble
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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, 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 -
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:
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Auto
causes the adapter to attempt authentication using shared, but switches it to open
authentication if shared fails.
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Open
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
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.
Figure 3-7 Advanced tab of Profile Management