User's Manual

Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual
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Operation Mode: You can connect your computer to a network in one of the following two ways.
Ad-Hoc,
Connecting to other Wireless LAN Card equipped computers, forming a wireless network.
Infrastructure
, Connecting to a wired/wireless network through an Access Point.
SSID: Service Set ID. Displays the current SSID of the Access Point/wireless station (Ad-hoc
mode).
Channel: The operating radio channel number.
Transmission Rate: Decides the speed of the data transmission. Choose the rate that you want to use.
WEP Enabled: Allows you to enable WEP key for using. Please check the box for activating the function.
WEP Key Length: To enable WEP encryption function, select your encryption length as 64-bit or 128-bit.
Either 64-bit or 128-bit WEP keys can be generated from user-defined characters or manual
entry.
WEP key to use: Because you can set WEP key 1 to 4 at the same time, yet you can use only one at one time.
Choose the WEP key that you want to use.
Shared Key Authentication: Check this item to use Shared Key function. If you do not check the box, the
wireless LAN card will use Open Key function automatically.
Wired Equivalent Privacy Mechanism
The privacy security function can enhance wireless media security by encryption technology. All wireless clients
must set the same encryption key to maintain the tightened communication with the wireless LAN card properly. The
Authenticate Algorithm options are:
When the wired Equivalent Privacy Mechanism is Turns off. Using Open-key as authentication algorithm, you are