User's Manual

T-311 11Mb High Gain Smart Ethernet Client User’s Guide
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In computer-to-computer wireless networks, T-311 connects to each other directly,
rather than through wireless access points. For example, if you are in a meeting with
co-workers, your wireless device can connect to the wireless devices of your
co-workers, and you can form a temporary network.
Choose one of the two modes from the field and if you select the ad-hoc mode, then you must
specify a channel, refer to the Channel
for more information.
Channel
In ad hoc mode, you can send and receive information to other computers without using an
access point. All wireless clients in the ad hoc network must use the same network name
(SSID) and channel number. The channel number is ranging from 1 to 11 and you can choose
a right one in the poll-down menu in the filed. If you are not sure about the channel number,
click Search to scan the network first and the channel number will be showed in the
corresponding column in the Site Survey
page.
Data Encryption (WEP)
The same as described in the Top Page, the data encryption is used to encrypt the transmitted
data and provide the security in WLAN. You can enable the Data Encryption feature by click
the Enable radio box.
If you enable Data Encryption, you should select a key index from 1 to 4 and input the key in
the input box. You can choose to use ASCII Characters mode or Hexadecimal Digits mode
to input the key. There are two types of keys that one is 64-bits long and the other one is
128-bits. Using the 64-bits, you have to enter 5 characters or 10 Hexadecimal numbers
(0-9,a-f) in the field. The amount of character or number for 128-bits ASCII and Hexadecimal
are respectively 13 and 26.
BSS Basic Rate Set
The BSS Basic Rate is the speed at which the client transmits the data to the AP or other
computers or receives data from them. All the computers in a network must have the same
rate to communicate the others well. If you are not sure about the rate of the network you want
to connect, use Auto as default. The Mbps column in the page displays the rate speed at
which the network transmits the data. Make sure to keep the rate speed of the smart Ethernet
client synchronous to the networks’. One of the five speed rates could be configured in the
pull-down menu and the Auto represents the auto-negotiation mechanism that each client has
an ability to negotiate its rate speed with the AP and others computers automatically and the
Auto is the default configuration for the T-311 11Mb high gain smart Ethernet client.