User's Manual

Working with Profiles
Profiles store configuration information about how your Wireless LAN Client Adapter connects to
specific wireless networks. Use the Profile Wizard to create new profiles or modify or delete existing
ones.
To utilize an available network to create a profile, double click that network from the Networks tab, a
prompt for security information, if required, will appear.
Use the Connect button to associate to that selected network. When the connection is complete, click the
Save to Profile button on the Status tab to save the parameters of this connection in a profile for future
use.
When ever a profile is created or modified from the Profiles tab, the Profile Wizard will prompt
for the following configuration parameters:
Field Description
Profile Name
The name to be associated with this profile. This will also be used as the
filename should this profile be Exported to a .cfg file.
Network Name
(SSID)
Service Set Identifier (SSID) is a name that uniquely identifies a wireless local
area network. Each device in the wireless network must use the same SSID in
order to participate in a cohesive wireless network.
Network Type
The Network Type indicates the type of wireless network.
Infrastructure—Refers to a wireless network in which clients associate to access
points or broadband gateways which usually interface to a wired local or wide
area network, for Internet and email access, file sharing, and print and other
services.
Ad-Hoc—Refers to wireless network in which clients associate with each other,
typically on a temporary basis and usually without a wired local or wide area
network connection.
BSSID
BSSID of specific AP/Gateway to connect to. Default is “Best available”
which is the one with the highest signal strength.
Channel
In infrastructure networks, the channel used for radio communications is
determined at the access point and for ad-hoc networks; the channel is
determined by the user who starts the network. The Profile Wizard presents a
channel selection
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if the Network Type selected was Ad-Hoc.
Network Mode
If the Network Type selected was Ad-Hoc, in addition to selecting a radio
channel on which the ad-hoc network will communicate, one or more of the
IEEE 802.11 physical layer modes which include 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g
needs to be selected. The valid network mode(s) for the client adapter is shown
in the network mode pull-down list.
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Channel selection is governed by regulatory law.
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