Click the “Edit” button to edit the selected profile.
Click the “Delete” button if you wish to delete selected profiles.
Profile Name —the name of the profile or group of setting used to connect with a particular network. The name is for your benefit and can consist of up to 48 characters.
SSID — Service Set Identifier may also be referred to as a Network Name because it is the name that identifies a wireless network service set. The SSID you enter must match the network SSID on the access point in infrastructure mode or the other devices in Ad Hoc mode in order to connect.
Network Type—allows you to select from a list of supported Network “Modes”. The two modes displayed will be: “Ad Hoc” or “Infrastructure”.
Ad Hoc—the IEEE 802.11 peer-to-peer mode of operation. In 802.11Ad Hoc only one wireless “cell” is supported for each different SSID. All communication is done from
Client to Client without the use of an Access Point. 802.11 Ad Hoc networking uses the same SSID for establishing the wireless connection over the selected channel.
Infrastructure—this mode of operation requires the presence of an 802.11 Access Point. All communication is done via the Access Point, which relays packets to other wireless Clients in the Access Point's Basic Service Set (BSS) as well as to nodes on a wired network such as Ethernet.
Transmit Rate—rate at which the client of an AP transmits the data packets. You may set this to fixed 1Mbps, fixed 2 Mbps, fixed 5.5 Mbps, fixed 11 Mbps, and/or Auto (tries 11Mbps and falls back to lower rates).
Encryption (WEP)—additional measure of security on your wireless network which can be achieved by using WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption.
When an encrypted frame is received it will only be accepted if it decrypts correctly. This happens only if the receiver has the WEP Key used by the transmitter.
This panel allows the selection of none, 64-bit, or 128-bit encryption and the entry of up to four encryption keys according to the WEP function select. (This is also sometimes referred to as 40- bit or 104-bit encryption) To be written to the driver and registry, each key must consist of either hexadecimal digits, which means that only digits 0-9 and letters A-F are valid entries, or alphanumeric. If entered incorrectly the program will not write keys to a driver. The key used must match exactly the key used by your access point or by other clients in Ad Hoc mode in order to connect.
About
The About tab shows the product version including the detail of Driver, Application and firmware version. Users must use this version number when reporting their problems to technical support.
Configuring Automatic Network Connections with Windows XP
Microsoft Windows XP provides a Wireless LAN Zero Configuration, which means that Windows XP recognizes the adapter and provides the necessary driver and configuration software instead of the Configuration Utility software provided with the adapter.
If your station is within range of a Wireless LAN access point, Windows XP announces that one or more wireless networks are available and suggests that you click the Network icon to see a list of available networks.