3-5 WMM Setting
This wireless network card provides WMM (Wi-Fi Multimedia) function, which can improve the
performance of certain network applications, like audio/video streaming, network telephony
(VoIP), and others. When you enable the WMM function of this network card, you can define
the priority of different kinds of data, to give higher priority to applications which require instant
responding. Therefore you can improve the performance of such network applications.
In ‘WMM Setup Status’ block, current WMM settings will be displayed. And here are
descriptions of every setup item:
Parameter
Description
WMM Enable
Check this box to enable WMM function. Please click ‘Apply’
button on the right of this check box after you check or uncheck
this box, so corresponding settings in this window will be
activated or deactivated respectively.
WMM - Power Save
Enable
Check this box to enable WMM power saving mode to save
energy, and let your computer’s battery live longer.
You also have to select WMM power save modes here:
AC_BE: Best Performance
AC_BK: Worst Performance
AC_VI: Video data has priority
AC_VO: Voice data has priority
Direct Link Setup Enable If you have another WMM-enabled wireless device, you can
enter its MAC address here, then click ‘Apply’ button, and this
network card will establish a direct link to the wireless device you
specified here.
You also have to specify the timeout value of this directly-linked
wireless device. Valid values are from 1 to 65535 (seconds), and
input ‘0’ for infinity.
If you want to remove a specific wireless device from direct link
table, select the device and click this button to remove it.
