3Com WL-305 warranty Changing Your, Password, Manually set the power management

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.