Linksys WMP11 manual Creating a New Profile

Instant Wireless® Series

Creating a New Profile

1. On the Profiles screen, shown in Figure 7-6, click the New button to create a new profile.

2. When the Create connection pro- file screen appears (Figure 7-9), enter a name for the new profile. Click OK to save the profile name or click Cancel to return to the previous screen.

Figure 7-9

3.The Wireless Mode screen (Figure 7-10) shows a choice of two wireless modes. Click the Infrastructure Mode radio button if you want your wire- less computers to communicate with computers on your wired network via a wireless access point. Click the Ad-Hoc Mode radio button if you want multiple wireless computers to communicate directly with each other. Click the Next button to continue or the Back button to return to the previous screen.

Infrastructure Mode - This mode allows wireless and wired networks to communicate through an access point.

Ad-Hoc Mode - This mode allows wireless-equipped computers to com- municate directly with each other. No access point is used.

Figure 7-10

Wireless-B PCI Adapter

4.The Wireless Channel screen (Figure 7-11) will appear. If you chose Infrastructure Mode, go to Step 5 now. If you chose Ad-Hoc Mode, select the correct operating channel for your network from the Channel drop- down menu. Click the Next button, and go to Step 5. Click the Back but- ton to change any settings.

Channel - The channel you choose should match the channel set on the other devices in your wireless network. If you are unsure about which chan- nel to use, select the default channel (Channel 6).

Figure 7-11

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