User Manual

Chapter 3
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Basic Configuration for Infrastructure Network
To add a new Infrastructure configuration profile, click New on the Station Configuration tab. When the Network Configuration Settings dialog box displays, edit the General tab. The
configuration items on the General tab are described as below.
Configuration Name: Enter a unique name to identify this network setting. Configuration names are not case sensitive.
Network Name (SSID): It is the name of the Wireless LAN group you want to participate in. This field has a maximum limit of 32 characters.
In an Infrastructure network, the SSID must match on AP and all the wireless clients to communicate with each other.
Note that under Access Point mode, if the Network Name (SSID) field is left blank or filled in with the special SSID name “any”, your Wireless LAN Card will connect to the first compatible
and “open” AP with the best signal strength within the connection range. It allows your Wireless LAN Card to wander across networks with different SSID.
Network Type: Select Access Point.
Power Save Mode: This feature reduces power consumption by the Wireless LAN Card to extend the battery life of your computer. The options include Off, Normal and Maximum.
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Off – The power management is disabled and the card consumes full power from the computer.
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Normal – The driver turns off power to the adapter for brief periods over briefly-spaced time intervals.
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Maximum – The driver turns off power to the adapter for longer periods over more widely spaced time intervals.
The guideline for choosing Normal or Maximum:
• The card wakes up more often and responds sooner to network requests in Normal mode than in Maximum mode.
• Maximum mode consumes less power than Normal mode.
If WEP encryption is enabled in the Infrastructure network you are going to connected, proceed to configure the Security tab as described in “Edit the Security Tab”.
If you have finished the required setting, click OK and you will return to the Station Configuration tab. Select the profile you have just created and click Activate to have the setting take
effect. Immediate connection status will be displayed in the Details group and indicated by graphic indication on the left.