User's Manual

802.11a/b/g Combo Mini PCI WLAN Card User’s Manual

Advanced Tab

The configuration items on the Advanced tab are described as below.

Power Save Mode: Infrastructure mode ONLY. This feature reduces power consumption by

the Wireless LAN Card to extend the battery life of your computer. The options include Off,

Normal and Maximum.

• Off – The power management is disabled and the card consumes full power from the

computer.

• Normal – The driver turns off power to the adapter for brief periods over briefly

spaced time intervals.

• Maximum – The driver turns off power to the adapter for longer periods over more

widely spaced time intervals.

The guideline for choosing Normal or Maximum:

• The card wakes up more often and responds sooner to network requests in Normal

mode than in Maximum mode.

• Maximum mode consumes less power than Normal mode.

Network Type: Select Ad Hoc or Access Point.

802.11b Preamble: The preamble is part of the IEEE 802.11b physical layer specification. All

802.11b devices are mandatory to support the long preamble format, but may optionally