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28CHAPTER 4: SETTING THE WIRELESS CLIENT CONFIGURATION

Manually set the power management

When this radio button is selected, you can select the power mode manually. You may want to select this mode, for example, if your computer cannot detect its power source or if you want to improve performance by forcing continuous access even though you are using battery power.

Windows NT users must select the power mode because the operating system cannot detect its power source.

 

Network Traffic Accelerator

 

If only 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN equipment is being used, it is recommended

 

that you turn this option on to increase the rate at which traffic is handled.

 

Automatically release/renew the IP address

 

Your Internet Protocol address (IP address) contains the information that allows

 

network traffic to find its way to your computer.

 

This option requires a Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) server. The client’s

 

network configuration must be set to obtain its IP address automatically. For more

 

information on DHCP, see the documentation for your operating system.

 

When this box is checked, your computer automatically requests another

 

IP address if you travel outside of your subnet, so the network connection remains

 

active. Leave the box unchecked if your network does not have a DHCP server.

 

To force the system to release and renew an IP address, click Release/Renew Now.

 

You may want to click this button, for example, if you cannot establish association

 

with the network or if you roam in an installation that has multiple access points

 

and you lose network association.

 

 

Changing Your

The Change Password utility lets you update the password used in the access

Password

control list of the access point with which the client is associated. This is only

 

applicable if you have configured the client to use 128-bit Dynamic Security Link

 

security.

 

Because access points maintain separate User Control Lists, you must update the

 

password separately on each access point that you associate with.

 

1 In the Windows system tray, click the 3Com icon to display the

 

3Com WLAN Launcher.

 

If the 3Com WLAN Launcher is not already running, you can start it from the

 

Windows Start menu. Select Start/Programs/3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN/3Com

 

WLAN Launcher.

 

2 In WLAN Launcher, click the Hammer icon.

 

3 In the Tools window, double-click the Change Password icon.

 

4 In the Change Password dialog box, follow the instructions to change the

 

password and click OK.

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