If you will connect to some specific wireless access point frequently, you can add their information to the profile. The profile saves all information of access points, and you can recall them anytime you wish to establish connection. You can add a found access point to profile, or input all information of an access point by yourself.
To add a found access point to profile, please highlighted a access point first, then click the ‘Add to Profile’ button; to input the information of access point by yourself, please go to ‘Profile’ menu and click ‘Add’ button.
Here are descriptions of every setup item:
Item Name | Description |
Profile Name | You can give this profile a name. Every profile needs a unique name. |
SSID | Please input the SSID of this access point. If you selected an access point from the list, |
| and its SSID is not hidden, the SSID will be filled automatically; however, you can modify |
| the SSID by yourself. |
Network Type | Please select the network type: Ad hoc or Infrastructure. If you’re connecting to an access |
| point, please select ‘Infrastructure’; for |
| to another computer using Ad Hoc mode), please select Ad hoc here. If you selected an |
| access point from the list above, please keep this field unchanged. |
Tx Power | You can select the wireless output power here. If you’re not too far from access point |
| (good signal reception), you can select a lower output power to save energy; for a distant |
| access point, you can select a higher output power. It’s suggested to select ‘Auto’ to let |
| setup utility decide the best output power for you. |
Preamble | It’s suggested to select ‘Auto’ to let setup utility decide the preamble for you. |
Channel | You can select the radio channel number for AdHoc mode here. |
Power Save | Please select CAM (constantly awake mode, keep wireless radio activity even when not |
Mode | transferring data), or PSM (Power saving mode, switches radio off when not transferring |
| data). It’s recommended to choose ‘PSM’ if you’re using this network dongle with |
| notebook computer to help the battery live longer. |
RTS Threshold | It’s recommended to keep this value untouched unless you know the effect of changing |
| this value. |
Fragment | Check this box to set the packet fragment threshold by yourself. You can drag the slider to |
Threshold | set the threshold value, or input the value in the box located at right. It’s recommended to |
| keep this value untouched unless you know the effect of changing this value. |