User's Manual Part 1

displays available networks not listed in the Profile List. This method provides automatic
connection to available networks in the range of your wireless adapter. The Configuration
Service constantly monitors your wireless adapter's connection status. If no matching
profiles are found in the Profile List for a network, a dialog automatically displays the
available network access points and computers (ad hoc mode) within range of the
wireless adapter. The Configuration Service can also be used if there is more than one
wireless adapter installed using 802.11b bands. When the Intel Configuration Service
dialog is displayed, listing the available networks, checking "Don’t show this again"
option, will prevent the dialog from displaying again if the adapter becomes
unassociated. The Configuration Service will continue to function and attempt to connect,
using a profile from the Profile List, or to an available network depending on the selection
mode. This means that if Connect Using Preferred Profiles Only is selected and no
matching profile is found, then the adapter will remain unassociated. You can still use the
Connect button from the Networks tab to connect to an available network.
Notify when disabling profile management features:
Check: If Intel(R) PROSet for Wireless is currently managing your wireless adapter a
message dialog displays "Windows XP is managing your profiles" if Windows XP Zero
Configuration becomes enabled.
● Select yes, Intel(R) PROSet for Wireless will manage the wireless adapter.
● Select No, Windows XP will manage the wireless adapter.
If any other wireless manager (not Windows XP wireless manager) becomes enabled the
message dialog displays "Another wireless LAN utility is communicating with the Intel(R)
PRO/Wireless LAN adapter. To avoid conflicts, Intel(R) PROSet for Wireless has
temporarily disabled its Profile Management features."
Clear: If Intel(R) PROSet for Wireless is currently managing your wireless adapter you
will not be notified in the event that Windows XP Zero Configuration or any other wireless
manager becomes enabled.
In the event that Windows XP Zero Configuration is enabled, and this box is cleared, or
you answer no to the above question, the Connect button on the Profile page cannot be
used to connect to any available networks. The Scan button can be used to scan for
available networks. However, the Connect button is non-functioning when used to
connect to an available network.
● Ad hoc mode is disabled. The Connect button in the ad hoc connect dialog is non-