Here are descriptions of every setup items:

Wireless mode

Select wireless operation mode, available options are 802.11 B/G mix, 802.11 B only,

 

and 802.11 B/G/N mix. You can select 802.11 B/G/N mix to maximize wireless

 

compatibility with wireless access points and other wireless devices. Anyway, you

 

can set this setting to ‘802.11 B only’ when you’re going to communicate with old

 

802.11b wireless devices and you got problem using other two modes.

Wireless

This setting helps your network card to avoid

Protection

interference with other wireless devices when there are both 802.11b and 802.11g

 

wireless devices in the same place. It’s recommended to set this setting to ‘Auto’ ,

 

since enabling this setting will slightly reduce the data transfer performance.

TX Rate

Normally, the wireless network card will adjust transfer rate automatically according

 

to wireless signal quality. However, you can fix the data transfer rate to a lower fixed

 

rate if you think there’s some problem about data transfer, or you’re too far from

 

wireless access point. It’s recommended to set this setting to ‘Auto’, unless you really

 

know the meaning of this setting.

Tx BURST

Check this box to accelerate the data transmit rate. It may not work with all wireless

 

access point and wireless devices.

Enable TCP

Check this box and the configuration utility will

Window Size

adjust TCP window size automatically, to get better performance. It should be safe for

 

most of wireless environments, but if you found some problem on data transfer,

 

uncheck this box.

Fast Roaming at

Check this box and you can adjust the threshold of

 

when this wireless network card should switch to another wireless access point with

 

better signal quality. Only adjust value when you understand what it means.

Turn off RF

Click this button to switch wireless radio off, click it

 

again switch wireless radio on.

Select Your

Select the country / region code of the place you’re

Country Region

living. Different country / region has different

Code

regulations on wireless devices, and it’s forbidden

 

to use certain channel (radio frequency) in some

 

countries or regions. Please select the country and region code according to the

 

place you live.

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g, Draft 2.0-N, 802.11 b specifications

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