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Restore Defaults
Clicking on Restore Defaults will restore each field in the panel to its default value. However, the
“Apply Changes” or “OK” button must be selected before the default values are saved to the driver
and registry.
Undo Changes
Clicking on Undo Changes will revert all fields in the panel back to the original values that were
presented previously while the Configuration Utility was opened from the Task Bar.
Apply Changes
It is active only when one of the fields has been altered. Clicking on the Apply Changes will apply the
altered values to the driver and saves them to the registry for the next time PC restarts.
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Wireless LAN 11 Mbps User manual
Mode
This field enables you to choose from a list of supported Network “Modes”. The modes
shown will have three values, i.e. 802.11Ad Hoc, Ad Hoc and infrastructure.
! 802.11 Ad Hoc: The 802.11 peer-to-peer mode of operation. 802.11 Ad Hoc
networking use the same SSID for establishing the wireless connection. In
802.11Ad Hoc, only one wireless “cell” is supported for each different SSID. All
communication is performed from Client to Client without using an Access Point.
! Ad Hoc: Ad Hoc is a non-compliant mode that allows Prism2 cards (only Prism2)
to talk with one another without the use of an AP (regardless any SSID). It is not
standards compliant so that it would have the interpretability with non-Prism2
radios.
! Infrastructure: Here, all communication is performed via an Access Point that
relay packets to other wireless Clients in the BSS and nodes on a wired network.
(E.g. Ethernet.) This mode of operation requires the presence of an 802.11 Access
Point.
! TX Rate: This is the transmission rate where the data packets are transmitted by
the client of an AP. You can set this to fixed 1 Mbps, fixed 2Mbps, fixed 5.5 Mbps
or 11 Mbps.
! PS Mode – Power Saving Mode.