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Anyway, you can set this setting to ‘802.11 B only’ when you’re going to
communicate with old 802.11b wireless devices and you got problem using other
two modes.
Wireless
This setting helps your network adapter to avoid interference with other wireless
Protection
devices when there are both 802.11b and 802.11g wireless devices in the same
place. It’s recommended to set this setting to ‘Auto’ , since enabling this setting will
slightly reduce the data transfer performance.
TX Rate
Normally, the wireless network adapter will adjust transfer rate automatically
according to wireless signal quality. However, you can fix the data transfer rate to
a lower fixed rate if you think there’s some problem about data transfer, or you’re
too far from wireless access point. It’s recommended to set this setting to ‘Auto’,
unless you really know the meaning of this setting.
Tx BURST
Check this box to accelerate the data transmit rate. It may not work with all
wireless access point and wireless devices.
Enable TCP
Check this box and the configuration utility will adjust TCP window size
Window Size automatically, to get better performance. It should be safe for most of wireless
environments, but if you found some problem on data transfer, uncheck this box.
Fast Roaming at
Check this box and you can adjust the threshold of when this wireless network
adapter should switch to another wireless access point with better signal quality.
Only adjust value when you understand what it means.
Turn off RF
Click this button to switch wireless radio off, click it again switch wireless radio on.
Select Your
Select the country / region code of the place you’re living.
Country Region
Different country / region has different regulations on wireless devices, and it’s
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forbidden to use certain channel (radio frequency) in some countries or regions.
Please select the country and region code according to the place you live.
Show
When your computer is being authenticated by wireless authentication server, a
Authentication
dialog window with the process of authentication will appear.
Status Dialog
This function is helpful to find out the problem when you can not be authenticated,
and you can provide this information to authentication server’s administrator for
debugging purpose.
Enable CCX
Enable Cisco Compatible eXtensions. CCX is a wireless feature developed by
