Zonet Technology 802.11 g 54Mbps Wireless LAN CardBus Adapter Connection Tab, Description Network

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Connection Tab

 

 

Item

Description

 

Figure

Network

This wireless LAN adapter

 

 

 

Type

supports two network types –

 

 

 

 

Infrastructure and Ad hoc. You

 

 

 

 

can click the down-arrow

 

 

 

 

button to select one network

 

 

 

 

type.

 

 

 

 

Infrastructure – This type of

 

 

 

 

network connection needs an

 

 

 

 

access point in range. All

 

 

 

 

communication is done

 

 

 

 

through this access point.

 

 

 

 

Ad hoc – A peer-to-peer mode

 

 

 

 

of operation. This type of link is

 

 

 

 

established from client to client

 

 

 

 

without any access point.

 

 

 

ESSID

You can type a specific ESSID

 

 

 

 

in this field in order to establish

 

 

 

 

the link with an access point or

 

 

 

 

other computer equipped with

 

 

 

 

a wireless LAN adapter. If you

 

 

 

 

leave this field blank, and then

 

 

 

 

the wireless LAN adapter will

 

 

 

 

try to build the link with an

 

 

 

 

access point or other computer

 

 

 

 

equipped with a wireless LAN

 

 

 

 

adapter that has the better

 

 

 

 

signal and link quality.

 

 

 

TxRate

This field provides options for

 

 

 

 

selecting data-transmitting rate

 

 

 

 

of the wireless LAN adapter.

 

 

 

 

There are five options – Auto,

 

 

 

 

1 Mbps, 2 Mbps, 5.5 Mbps and

 

 

 

 

11 Mbps. You can click the

 

 

 

 

down-arrow button to select

 

 

 

 

one option. By default, the data

 

 

 

 

rate is set to Auto allowing the

 

 

 

 

wireless LAN adapter to

 

 

 

 

adaptively set the Tx rate to

 

 

 

 

Wireless LAN CardBus Adapter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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