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Network | This wireless LAN adapter |
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Type | supports two network types – |
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| Infrastructure and Ad hoc. You |
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| can click the |
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| button to select one network |
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| type. |
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| Infrastructure – This type of |
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| network connection needs an |
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| access point in range. All |
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| communication is done |
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| through this access point. |
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| Ad hoc – A |
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| of operation. This type of link is |
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| established from client to client |
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| without any access point. |
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ESSID | You can type a specific ESSID |
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| in this field in order to establish |
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| the link with an access point or |
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| other computer equipped with |
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| a wireless LAN adapter. If you |
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| leave this field blank, and then |
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| the wireless LAN adapter will |
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| try to build the link with an |
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| access point or other computer |
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| equipped with a wireless LAN |
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| adapter that has the better |
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| signal and link quality. |
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TxRate | This field provides options for |
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| selecting |
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| of the wireless LAN adapter. |
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| There are five options – Auto, |
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| 1 Mbps, 2 Mbps, 5.5 Mbps and |
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| 11 Mbps. You can click the |
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| one option. By default, the data |
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| rate is set to Auto allowing the |
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| wireless LAN adapter to |
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| adaptively set the Tx rate to |
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