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PW-DN481D
150Mbps Wireless Lite-N PCI-E Adapter
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Power Save Mode -
Please select the power save mode in the drop-down list.
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Maximum
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Selects maximum mode to let the access point buffer incoming messages for
the Adapter. The Adapter will detect the access point if any messages are waiting
periodically.
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Normal -
Normal mode uses maximum when retrieving a large number of packets, then
switches back to power save mode after retrieving the packets.
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Off -
Turns power saving off, thus powering up the Wireless PCI-E Adapter continuously
for a short message response time.
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Network Type:
There are basically two modes of networking:
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Infrastructure
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All wireless clients will connect to an access point or wireless router.
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Ad-Hoc
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Directly connecting to another computer, for peer-to-peer communication,
using wireless network adapters on each computer, such as two or more PW-DN481D
wireless adapters.
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Note:
1) An Infrastructure network contains an Access Point or wireless router. All the wireless devices
or clients will connect to the wireless router or access point.
2)
An Ad-Hoc network contains only clients, such as laptops with wireless desktop adapters. All
the adapters must be in Ad-Hoc mode to communicate.