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Preferred access points
Click this button to enter the MAC addresses of your preferred wireless LAN in the subsequent screen.
If your network uses encryption, switch to the Security tab and continue confi guration on page 23 under
Setting wireless LAN encryption
.
If your network is not encrypted, click
OK
to accept the settings! In the
Profi le management
tab, you can now
select your profi le and
activate
it by clicking the button.
3.1.2 Operation in ad-hoc mode
First enter a
profi le name
, e.g. “My_profi le”. In the
client name
fi eld, the name of your PC is entered automatically.
If you have selected
version 1
, you must now enter the SSID of the target network in the
SSID1
fi eld. This is
in the wireless LAN settings in your router or access point or you can ask the person in charge. If you have
selected
version 2
, the
SSID
has already been copied automatically from the scanned list.
Switch to the
Advanced
tab.
Network type:
Select
Ad-Hoc
. This mode allows you to connect to other
wireless LAN client devices, e.g. USB sticks, PCI cards or
card bus.
Wireless mode when starting the ad-hoc network:
Select whether you want to start ad-hoc mode at 11 Mbps
or 54 Mbps. Of course, this depends on the transfer rate
supported by the other devices in the network. Next, select
the
channel
to be used for your ad-hoc network. This chan-
nel must also be set for other devices in the network.
In general, all other values here can be left at the default settings. The individual items are described briefl y
below.
Transmit power level:
You can reduce the power level. This may be practical if your WLAN devices are quite close to one another.
Wireless mode:
2.4 Ghz 54 Mbit/s:
Activate this option to support 802.11g standard devices at 54 Mbps (recommended)
2.4 Ghz 11 Mbit/s:
Activate this option to guarantee compatibility to 11 Mbps devices (recommended)
Super G
™ :
Recommended if the router/access point or other devices in the network support
this
mode.
eXtended Range (XR)
™: Recommended if the router/access point or other devices in the network support
this
mode.
QoS:
Support for bandwidth reservation (seldom required)
