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Configuring the USB Wireless Network Adapter

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USB Wireless Network Adapter User's Manual Configuring the USB Wireless Network Adapter 1. This screen shows you the status of your current connection. Click Re-Scan to search for wireless connection (the adapter will search for the connection automatically when it is activated). 2. Select the "Configuration" tab. The profile setting allows you to save configurations in different profiles for different working environments. The default profile will contain the initial configuration setting when you install the Card. Under the Operating Mode drop-box, you may choose either Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc. The Infrastructure mode allows a wireless adapter to communicate with a wired network employing an Access Point, while the Ad-Hoc mode allows wireless-to-wireless, peer-to-peer communication. If you choose Infrastructure, the SSID should have the same name as the Access Point. If you choose Ad-Hoc, all clients should share the same SSID name. You may also select which Transfer Rate you wish to use: 1, 2, 5.5, 11Mbps or Auto Rate. Under Power Saving Mode, you can select Enabled to allow your adapter to go to sleep mode while the adapter doesn't precede the data transmission. Or select Disabled to make the adapter never go to sleep mode. Click Apply to save the settings. 31

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USB Wireless Network Adapter User’s Manual
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Configuring the USB Wireless Network Adapter
1. This screen shows you the status of your current connection. Click
Re-Scan
to
search for wireless connection (the adapter will search for the connection
automatically when it is activated).
2. Select the “
Configuration”
tab. The
profile
setting allows you to save
configurations in different profiles for different working environments. The default
profile will contain the initial configuration setting when you install the Card. Under
the
Operating Mode
drop-box, you may choose either Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc.
The Infrastructure mode allows a wireless adapter to communicate with a wired
network
employing
an
Access
Point,
while
the
Ad-Hoc
mode
allows
wireless-to-wireless, peer-to-peer communication. If you choose Infrastructure, the
SSID
should have the same name as the Access Point. If you choose
Ad-Hoc
, all
clients should share the same
SSID
name. You may also select which
Transfer
Rate
you wish to use:
1, 2, 5.5, 11Mbps
or
Auto Rate
. Under
Power Saving
Mode
, you can select
Enabled
to allow your adapter to go to sleep mode while the
adapter doesn’t precede the data transmission. Or select
Disabled
to make the
adapter never go to sleep mode. Click
Apply
to save the settings.