SMC Networks SMC2632W manual Advanced Settings

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UTILITY CONFIGURATION

Advanced Settings

Click the “General” tab (see the previous screen). In the “Connect using” field, make sure that the adapter shown is the SMC2632W V.2 Wireless PC Card.

1.Click “Configure.” Click the “Advanced” tab.

2.Set the “Fragmentation Threshold.” (The default 2,346 means “Disabled.”) See “Terminology” on page 42 for a description of “Fragmentation Threshold.”

3.“Preamble Type” offers a dropdown list with three options: Auto, Long, or Short.

If you aren’t sure whether all the clients and access points in your wireless network support the Short RF preamble, then leave this setting on “Auto” (Default.) See “Terminology” on page 42 for a description of “Preamble Type.”

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