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CONFIGURATION
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Advanced
The Advanced screen lets you configure the wireless operational mode of your
adapter. Normally, there is no need to open this page and make any changes.
If your wireless adapter is capable of 2.4 and 5 GHz connections, as dual-band
adapters are, you can select the Wireless Mode setting here. By default, both
frequency bands are enabled. The option may be grayed out or not available,
depending on your wireless adapter.
The Country’s Region Code selection may also be grayed out, but, really, there is
no need to change this value. Nonetheless, it’s good to be able to see the values
that you cannot change.
The third option, B/G Protection, should be left at “Auto.” The B/G Protection mode
ensures that older wireless 802.11b and 802.11g devices will not degrade the
performance of the much faster wireless 802.3n network. So, if you have a mix of
older and newer wireless stations in the network, it’s recommended that you enable
the protection mechanism or leave it set to “Auto.” Only if you know for certain that
your network consists only of wireless N clients should you consider disabling this
option, as it can increase the performance of your connections ever so slightly.
