User's Manual
PRELIMINARY
Atheros Communications, Inc. Page 8
COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL March 2004
Advanced Tab
In the Atheros Client Utility, access the Advanced tab by clicking New or Modify on the Profile
Management tab, then clicking the Advanced tab in Profile Management.
Edit the Advanced tab
of Profile Management to configure the profile.
Also edit the General and Security tabs.
Transmit Power
Level
Selects the transmit power level for 80211b/g or 802.11a in mW. Actual
transmit power may be limited by regulatory domain or hardware limitations.
Power Save
Mode
Specify:
• Maximum mode causes the access point to buffer incoming
messages for the wireless adapter. The adapter up periodically
polls the access point to see if any messages are waiting.
• Normal uses maximum when retrieving a large number of packets,
then switches back to power save mode after retrieving the packets.
• Off turns power saving off, thus powering up the wireless adapter
continuously for a short message response time.
Network Type
Specifies the network as either infrastructure (access point mode) or ad hoc.
802.11b
Preamble
Specifies the preamble setting in 802.11b. The default setting is Short &
Long (AP mode), which allows both short and long headers in the 802.11b
frames. The adapter can only use short radio headers if the access point
supports and uses them. Set to Long Only to override allowing short frames.
Wireless Mode
2.4 GHz 54 Mbps, 2.4 GHz 11 Mbps, or Super
b/g operation in an access point network.
The wireless adapter must match
the wireless mode of the access point it associates to.
Wireless Mode
when Starting an
Ad Hoc
Network
2.4 GHz 54/11 Mbps to start
an ad hoc
network if no matching network name is found after scanning all
available modes.
This mode also allows selection of the channel the wireless adapter uses.
The channels available depend on the regulatory domain. If the adapter
finds no other ad hoc adapters, this selection specifies the which channel
with the adapter starts the ad hoc network with.
The wireless adapter must match the wireless mode and channel of the
clients it associates to.
For infrastructure (access point) networks, click the Preferred APs button to specify up to four
access points to which the client adapter should attempt to associate.