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To communicate on the network all devices must have the
same settings for the following properties:
SSID -
(Service Set Identifier) is a name that identifies a wireless network. Access
Points and wireless clients attempting to connect to a specific WLAN (Wireless Local
Area Network) must use the same SSID. The default setting is
default
.
Wireless Mode
- Click on the pull-down menu; select from the following options:
Infrastructure
- connecting the WLAN using an Access Point. (The
default
setting.)
Ad-Hoc –
wireless mode used when connecting directly to a computer equipped
with a wireless adapter in a peer-to-peer environment.
Channel –
The
default
channel setting is channel 6. However, the DWL-G650 will
automatically select the channel to match the channel setting for the selected Access
Point. In Ad Hoc mode, the channel must be manually set to the same channel for
each wireless adapter.
TX Rate
- Select the transmission rate on the network. 54Mbps is the
default
setting.
Preamble
- Select
Long
or
Short
Preamble.
The Preamble defines the length of the
CRC block (Cyclic Redundancy Check is a common technique for detecting data
transmission errors) for communication between the Access Point and the roaming
wireless Network adapters.
Long Preamble
is the
default
setting
. Note: High
network traffic areas should use the shorter preamble type.
Power Mode
– Select from three modes:
Continuous Access Mode-
this
default
setting consumes the most power
Maximum Power Save
-this setting consumes the least power
Power Save-
this setting consumes a moderate amount of power
If any changes are made to the configuration of the wireless adapter, click
Apply
to save the changes.
Configuration Utility
D-Link
Air
Plus DWL-650+ 2.4GHz Wireless Cardbus Adapter
Configuration
This configuration
screen displays the
default settings for
the DWL-650+