User's Manual Part 2

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ESSID
The ESS ID is the unique ID used by Access Points and stations to identify a wireless LAN. Wireless
clients associating to any Access Point must have the same ESSID. The default setting is ANY,
which allows your Wireless LAN PC Card to automatically associate to any Access Point
(Infrastructure mode) in the vicinity of your wireless adapter. Alternatively, you may check the ESS
ID check box to specify the ESS ID. It will then attempt to associate with Access Points or stations
with the same ESS ID. The ESS ID can be set up to 32 characters and is case sensitive.
Check here before entering the ESS ID
If there two Access Points with the same ESSID, you may check the BSS ID check box and enter the
MAC address of the Access Point you desire to connect to.
Check here before entering the BSS ID
Transmit Rate
The 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card provides various data rate options for you to select. Data
rates options include Fully Auto, 2 Mbps, 1 or 2 Mbps, 5.5 Mbps, and 11 Mbps. In most
networking scenarios, you will see that the factory-set default “Fully Automatic” will prove the most
efficient. This setting will allow your 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card to operate at the maximum
data rate. When the communications quality drops below a certain level, the PC Card will
automatically switch to a lower data rate. Transmission at lower data speeds are usually more reliable.
However, when the communications quality improves again, the 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card will
gradually increase the data rate again, until it has reached the highest available transmit rate.