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SPS 3000 Series Programmer’s Guide
• Enhanced Ad Hoc - Select Enhanced Ad Hoc when the highest th roughput is
required in an Ad Hoc network. Enhanced Ad Hoc does not suppor t adapters
operating in PSP mode (battery power) and does not use authent ication. Use the
Channel field to enter the channel for the network. Each adapter is required to be
on the same channel to interoperate. Enhanced Ad Hoc is not recommende d as a
normal operational mode or for adapters operating on battery pow er. When
Enhanced Ad Hoc is selected the Signal, APs, Pi ng and Peers property pages are
no longer available.
• Ad Hoc - Select Ad Hoc to enable the adapter to form its ow n local network where
adapters communicate peer-to-peer without access poin ts using a shared ESSID.
The adapter starting the Ad Hoc network (the first station transmittin g a beacon)
sets the channel in the Channel field. Each adapter is required to be on the same
channel to transmit and receive data peer-to-peer.
• When Ad Hoc is selected, the Ping, Signal and APs property pages disappe ar and
the Peers property page displays. Select Peers to view the BSSID or MAC
addresses of the other adapters in the network, their operatin g mode (PSP or
CAM), their transmit rate, their supported data rate and the length of ti me an
adapter has been out of the Ad Hoc network. Tap Refresh to update the Peers
property page to the latest Ad Hoc network performance and adapter membership
data.
Enter an ESSID in the 802.11 ESSID field. The ESSID is the 802.11 Extended Service Set
Identifier. The ESSID is a 32-character (maximum) string identifying the wireles s local area
network.
Select the Send long preamble headers checkbox if the Wireles s Networker is using a long
preamble when transmitting data. A long preamble is approxim ately 8 bytes of the packet
header attached to the packet prior to transmission. Devices in Ad Hoc mode are required
to use the same preamble length to interoperate. The shor t preamble length is
approximately half the length. Send long preamble header s is the default setting used by
the adapter.
Info Property Page
Use the Info property page to view Wireless Networker version and operati ng mode
information.
Use the Version and Mode Information field to view the driver version, adapter fi rmware
version, supported data rate, adapter type, firmware type, operat ing country, operating
mode (Infrastructure, Ad Hoc or Enhanced Ad Hoc), e ncryption mode and transmit power.