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Authentication Type, Basic Rate, Transmission Rate, technology, and All

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62 CHAPTER 5: ROUTER CONFIGURATION Figure 39 Advanced Wireless Settings Screen Authentication Type The default is set to Auto (Default), allows either Open System or Shared Key authentication to be used. With Open System authentication, the sender and the recipient do NOT use a WEP key for authentication. With Shared Key authentication, the sender and recipient use a WEP key for authentication. Basic Rate The Basic Rate setting is not actually one rate of transmission but a series of rates at which the Router can transmit. The Router will advertise its Basic Rate to the other wireless devices in your network, so they know which rates will be used. The Router will also advertise that it will automatically select the best rate for transmission. The default setting is Default, when the Router can transmit at all standard wireless rates (1-2Mbps, 5.5Mbps, 11Mbps, 18Mbps, and 24Mbps). Other options are 1-2Mbps, for use with older wireless technology, and All, when the Router can transmit at all wireless rates. The Basic Rate is not the actual rate of data transmission. If you want to specify the Router's rate of data transmission, configure the Transmission Rate setting. Transmission Rate The rate of data transmission should be set depending on the speed of your wireless network. You can select from a range of transmission speeds, or you can select Auto (Default) to have the Router automatically use the fastest possible data rate and enable the

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62
C
HAPTER
5: R
OUTER
C
ONFIGURATION
Figure 39
Advanced Wireless Settings Screen
Authentication Type
The default is set to Auto (Default), allows
either Open System or Shared Key authentication to be used. With Open
System authentication, the sender and the recipient do NOT use a WEP
key for authentication. With Shared Key authentication, the sender and
recipient use a WEP key for authentication.
Basic Rate
The Basic Rate setting is not actually one rate of
transmission but a series of rates at which the Router can transmit. The
Router will advertise its Basic Rate to the other wireless devices in your
network, so they know which rates will be used. The Router will also
advertise that it will automatically select the best rate for transmission.
The default setting is Default, when the Router can transmit at all
standard wireless rates (1-2Mbps, 5.5Mbps, 11Mbps, 18Mbps, and
24Mbps). Other options are 1-2Mbps, for use with older wireless
technology, and All, when the Router can transmit at all wireless rates.
The Basic Rate is not the actual rate of data transmission. If you want to
specify the Router's rate of data transmission, configure the Transmission
Rate setting.
Transmission Rate
The rate of data transmission should be set
depending on the speed of your wireless network. You can select from a
range of transmission speeds, or you can select Auto (Default) to have the
Router automatically use the fastest possible data rate and enable the