Advantek Networks AWN-AP-54MR user manual Open System network

	Open System network.
	Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) data encryption is
	used when the wireless devices are configured to
	operate in Shared Key authentication mode.
	If the Access Point is using Open System, then the
	wireless adapter will need to be set to the same
	authentication mode.
	Shared Key is used when both the sender and the
	recipient share a secret key.
	Select Auto for the network adapter to select the
	Authentication mode automatically depending on the
	Access Point Authentication mode.
Fragment Threshold	Fragmentation mechanism is used for improving
	the efficiency when high traffic flows along in the
	wireless network. If your 802.11g Wireless LAN
	PC Card often transmit large files in wireless
	network, you can enter new Fragment Threshold
	value to split the packet. The value can be set
	from 256 to 2346. The default value is 2346.
RTS Threshold	RTS Threshold is a mechanism implemented to
	prevent the “Hidden Node” problem. “Hidden Node”
	is a situation in which two stations are within range of
	the same Access Point, but are not within range of
	each other. Therefore, they are hidden nodes for
	each other. When a station starts data transmission
	with the Access Point, it might not notice that the
	other station is already using the wireless medium.
	When these two stations send data at the same time,
	they might collide when arriving simultaneously at
	the Access Point. The collision will most certainly
	result in a loss of messages for both stations.
	Thus, the RTS Threshold mechanism provides a
	solution to prevent data collisions. When you enable
	RTS Threshold on a suspect “hidden station”, this
	station and its Access Point will use a Request to
	Send (RTS). The station will send an RTS to the
	Access Point, informing that it is going to transmit the
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