User Manual

About WaveLAN/IEEE
Connecting to a Network
1-18 WaveLAN/IEEE Turbo 11 Mb PC Card
Connect to Any IEEE 802.11 LAN 1
This configuration setting is recommended when you intend to use
your computer in various networking environments.
When you start up your computer, your WaveLAN IEEE 802.11
station will attempt to establish a radio connection with the first
IEEE 802.11 compliant network system that provides a good
quality for radio communications.
In situations where multiple IEEE 802.11 compliant systems are
operational in the vicinity of the location where you powered-up
your computer, the WaveLAN card will connect automatically to the
network that provides the best level of communications.
Once your WaveLAN card finds an IEEE 802.11 compliant access
point, it will automatically:
■ Retrieve the radio channel required to connect to this access
point.
■ Establish the radio connection to the WavePOINT-II access
point that provides the best communications quality
When moving your computer to another location within the network
environment, i.e. out of range of the current access point, the
WaveLAN roaming functionality will automatically connect your
computer to other access points that belong to the same network.
This will allow continuous network connectivity as long as your
WaveLAN computer remains within range of one or more access
points that belong to the same network infrastructure.
NOTE:
Once your computer connects to “ANY” IEEE 802.11
network system, it will remain attached to this network until
you restart your computer again.
During run-time it will not switch dynamically between
systems identified by different WaveLAN Network Names.