computer, unless you want to limit the type of wireless client allowed to connect to

 

your computer.

Use Mac

Click this button to use the MAC address of the

Address

wireless card as SSID. A prefix of ‘AP’ will be added.

Security

Set the security options (wireless data encryption)

Setting

Please refer to chapter 3-2 ‘Security Settings’ for details.

Country

Please select the country code of the country or

Region Code

region you live. Available options are 0-7, which will affect the available wireless

 

channels you can use:

 

0: FCC (US, Canada, and other countries uses FCC radio communication standards)

 

1: ETSI (Europe)

 

2: SPAIN

 

3: FRANCE

 

4: MKK

 

5: MKKI (TELEC)

 

6: ISERAL (Channel 3 to 9)

 

7: ISERAL (Channel 5 to 13)

Wireless

Wireless protection will prevent data collision when

Protection

there are both 802.11b and 802.11g clients. You can select ‘Auto’ to let configuration

 

utility to decide to use wireless protection or not. You can also select ‘ON’ or ‘OFF’ to

 

force the use of wireless protection or not.

Beacon(ms)

You can define the time interval that a beacon signal should be send. Default value is

 

100. Do not modify this value unless you know what will be affected.

TX Power

You can select the wireless output power here.

 

Please select a proper output power setting according to your actual needs. You may

 

not need 100% of output power if other wireless clients are not far from you.

Idle Time

Select the idle time of your wireless network card. Default value is 300. Do not modify

 

this value unless you know what will be affected.

No forwarding

Check this box and wireless clients will not be able

among wireless

to share data with each other.

clients

 

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g, Draft 2.0-N, 802.11 b specifications

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