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
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support the short preamble. This Wireless LAN Card supports the short preamble. The default
Short & Long option allows to communicate with other 802.11b devices which support short
preamble to boost the throughput. If your device is having trouble to communicate with other
802.11b devices, then you may try to select the Long Only option.
QoS: Specifies whether to enable the Wireless LAN Card to cooperate in a network using
Quality of Service.
Transmit Power Level: Specifies the transmit power as required.
Wireless Mode: Specifies the wireless operation mode. The Wireless LAN Card will scans
the radio signals only in the base band you specified.
• 5 GHz 54 Mbps: Specifies whether to use 54 Mbps mode for 802.11a radio space.
• 5GHz 108 Mbps: Specifies whether to enable turbo mode for 802.11a radio space. If
enabled, the WLAN card scans channels for 802.11a turbo modes.
• 2.4 GHz 11 Mbps: Specifies whether to use 11 Mbps mode for 802.11b radio space.
You can use the Wireless Mode setting to control whether to roam between 802.11a and
802.11b networks or just roam in a single network.