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Configuration of Network Type
To set your Wireless LAN adapter in the Ad Hoc mode, click the down arrow at the right of the
Network Type
field and select
Ad Hoc
in the main screen of the WLAN utility.
Configuration of the SSID
The SSID is a string of characters identifying your wireless network (it is the name of this network).To be part
of a same network, wireless clients must have the same SSID. This SSID is the name of this network.
If you want to associate to an existing Ad Hoc network, enter
the SSID of this network in the corresponding field (replacing
ANY
) and click the
Apply
button on the
Configuration
tab to
make the setting take effect.
If you want to create a new Wireless Ad Hoc network, enter an unused SSID to identify your own network.
Then click the
Apply
button on the
Configuration
tab to make the setting take effect.
Configuration of the Channel
To be part of a same network, wireless clients must use the same channel If you want to associate to an
existing Ad Hoc network, select the channel of this network in the corresponding field
AdHoc Channel
in the
main screen of the WLAN utility. Then click the
Apply
button on the
Configuration
tab to make the setting
take effect.
If you want to create a new Wireless Ad Hoc network, select an unused channel, then click the
Apply
button
on the
Configuration
tab to make the setting take effect.
Configuration of WEP encryption
The configuration of WEP encryption in Ad Hoc mode is similar to the one in Infrastructure Mode. Please
refer to the above explanations.
The configuration of your Wireless LAN adapter in Ad-Hoc mode is finished.
About Status Information on your Wireless LAN USB
adapter LED Indicator
The SAGEM Wi-Fi 11g USB ADAPTER has one LED indicator giving the following informations on the link
status:
♦
Solid
Green:
Connected to an Access Point or Ad-Hoc wireless workstation and
transmitting data.
♦
Blinking Green:
Attempting connection to the Access Point or Ad-Hoc wireless workstation
Icon of the WLAN utility
The color behind the system tray icon indicates the link status :
Blue indicates a good or excellent link.
Yellow indicates a usable but weak link.
Red indicates very poor link quality.
Red and exclamation mark indicates no link.
