User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Installing the Driver and Utility Software
- Chapter 3 Station Configuration
- Accessing the Atheros Configuration Utility
- Basic Configuration for Ad Hoc Network
- Basic Configuration for Infrastructure Network
- Edit the Security Tab
- Edit the Advanced Tab
- To Connect to an Existing Network
- To Modify a Configuration Profile
- To Remove a Configuration Profile
- To Switch to a Different Profile
- Chapter 4 Checking Status or Statistics
- Chapter 5 Tools
- Chapter 4 Uninstalling the Wireless LAN Card
Chapter 3
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If WEP encryption is enabled in the Ad Hoc 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.
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