ZyAIR G-160 User’s Guide

 

 

Table 2-2 Main: New Connection

 

 

 

 

LABEL

 

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

 

BSS Type

Select Infrastructure or 802.11 Ad-Hocfrom the drop-down list box.

 

Select Infrastructure to associate to an AP.

 

Select 802.11 Ad-Hocto associate to a peer ad-hoc computer.

 

Refer to Section 2.1.4 for more information.

 

 

 

 

Tx Rate

Select a transmission rate from the drop-down list box. Choose from Auto (default),

 

1Mbps, 2Mbps, 5.5Mbps, 6Mbps, 9Mbps, 11Mbps, 12Mbps, 18Mbps, 22Mbps,

 

24Mbps, 36Mbps, 48Mbps and 54Mbps.

 

The transmission rate varies depending the BSS type and the wireless standard you

 

selected.

 

 

 

 

Channel

Select the channel number from the drop-down list box. To associate to a peer ad-hoc

 

computer, you must use the same channel as the peer ad-hoc computer.

Power Mode

Select Max Power Save to reduce power consumption (especially for laptop computers).

 

This turns off the receiver and transmitter on the ZyAIR when it is not transmitting data.

 

Otherwise, select No Power Save.

 

 

 

 

 

This only works if the wireless device to which the ZyAIR is

 

 

 

connected also supports this feature.

 

 

 

 

 

4x Config

4x is a proprietary technology used to improve throughput in IEEE 802.11 WLAN networks.

4x Enable

Select this check box to enable 4x. To use 4x, you must have this feature and activate it

 

on both the AP and the wireless stations or every peer device in Ad-Hoc mode.

 

 

Packet Burst

Select this check box to enable packet bursting. Enable packet bursting to increase the

Enable

number of data frame transmitted during a transmission period by reducing the

 

interframe space period during which no other WLAN device can transmit data.

 

 

Tx Power Level

Select the power level of data transmission from the drop-down list box.

 

Options are High Power, Medium-High Power, Medium-Power,Medium-Low Power

 

and Low Power.

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Using the ZyAIR Utility