Owner's Manual

Advanced Settings on Windows XP
To view the value of a property, click the name of the property in the Property list. The property value is displayed in the
Value box. To change the value, click an option in the Value list or type a new value, as appropriate (selection options are
different for different properties).
The available properties and their respective settings are described below.
NOTE: Some of the properties may not be available on your model of the Dell Wireless WLAN
Card.
802.11b Preamble
Specifies the preamble setting in 802.11b. The default setting is Short & Long (access point mode), which allows both short
and long headers in the 802.11b frames. The wireless adapter can only use short radio headers if the access point supports
and uses them. Set to Long Only to override allowing short frames.
Long and Short (default)
Long Only
Network Address
Software configured interface MAC address. The Dell Wireless WLAN Cards come with a unique MAC address programmed in
the adapter EEPROM, which overrides the permanent MAC address from the EEPROM
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