Rosewill RNX-N360PC manual

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¾Power Save Mode - Please select the power save mode in the drop-down list.

•Maximum-Selects maximum mode to let the access point buffer incoming messages for the Adapter. The Adapter will detect the access point if any messages are waiting periodically.

•Normal -Normal mode uses maximum when retrieving a large number of packets, then switches back to power save mode after retrieving the packets.

•Off - Turns power saving off, thus powering up the Wireless PCI Adapter continuously for a short message response time.

¾Network Type: There are basically two modes of networking:

•Infrastructure- All wireless clients will connect to an access point or wireless router.

•Ad-Hoc-Directly connecting to another computer, for peer-to-peer communication, using wireless network adapters on each computer, such as two or more RNX-N360PC wireless adapters.

)Note:

1)An Infrastructure network contains an Access Point or wireless router. All the wireless devices or clients will connect to the wireless router or access point.

2)An Ad-Hoc network contains only clients, such as laptops with wireless desktop adapters. All the adapters must be in Ad-Hoc mode to communicate.

¾Wireless Mode: Specifies 2.4 GHz 300 Mbps, 2.4 GHz 54 Mbps or 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.

¾Wireless Mode when Starting Ad Hoc Network: Specifies 2.4 GHz 300/54/11 Mbps 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 that the Wireless