ZyAIR 100 Wireleass PC Card

SS ID

The SSID is a unique ID given to the Access Point. Wireless clients associating to any Access Point must have the same SSID. Select SSID and enter a specific SSID (Access Point) you desire to connect with. Alternatively, you may not select the SSID (default setting). This allows your wireless adapter to automatically associate to any Access Point in the vicinity of your wireless adapters. You can leave SSID field blank, or enter ANY (all characters in uppercase). It is recommended that you select the SSID option. This will prevent your computer from accidentally connecting to a different wireless network.

When moving your computer to another location within the network environment and it becomes out-of- range of the current Access Point, the roaming function will automatically connect your computer to another Access Point.

Network Type

To connect your wireless station to a local network infrastructure, set the station operation mode to Infrastructure (with Access Point as default setting). In case you do not wish to connect to a network infrastructure, but prefer to set up a small wireless workgroup, you can enable the Ad-hoc (without Access Point). When the Ad-hoc mode is selected, be sure to set your wireless stations with the same channel.

ZyAIR 100 works with any IEEE 802.11 and 802.11(b)-compliant Access Points.

Transmission Rate

ZyAIR 100 provides various transmission (data) rate options for you to select. Transmission Rate options include Fully Auto, Fixed 1 Mb/s, Fixed 2 Mb/s, Auto Select 1M or 2M, Fixed 5.5Mb/s and Fixed 11Mb/s. In most networking scenarios, you will see that the factory default Fully Auto will prove the most efficient. This setting allows your ZyAIR 100 to operate at the maximum transmission (data) rate. When the communication quality drops below a certain level, ZyAIR 100 will automatically switch to a lower transmission (data) rate. Transmission at lower data speeds are usually more reliable. However, when the communication quality improves again, ZyAIR 100 will gradually increase the transmission (data) rate again until it reaches the highest available transmission rate.

If you wish to balance speed versus reliability, you can select any of the above options. Fixed 11Mb/s or Fixed 5.5Mb/s is used in a networking environment where you are certain that all wireless devices can communicate at the highest transmission (data) rate. Fixed 1Mb/s, Fixed 2Mb/s, Auto Select 1M or 2M are used often in networking environments where the range of the wireless connection is more important than speed.

Use WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)

To prevent unauthorized wireless stations from accessing data transmitted over the network, ZyAIR 100 offers highly secure data encryption known as WEP. If you require high security in transmission, please select Enable and click the WEP Key button.

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Parameter Configuration