ZyXEL Communications NWD-211AN -, User Manual

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Chapter 4 ZyXEL Utility - Windows
NWD271N User’s Guide
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6 To use this network profile, click the Activate Now button. Otherwise, click the
Activate Later button. You can activate only one profile at a time.
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Once you activate a profile, the ZyXEL utility will use that profile the next time it
is started.
Figure 40 Profile: Activate the Profile
4.6 The Adapter Screen
To set the other advanced features on the NWD271N, click the Adapter tab.
Figure 41 Adapter
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 16 Adapter
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Adapter Setting
Preamble Type Preamble is used to signal that data is coming to the receiver. Short preamble
increases performance as less time sending preamble means more time for
sending data. All IEEE 802.11b/g compliant wireless adapters support long
preamble, but not all support short preamble.
The NWD271N automatically uses short preamble when the access point
supports it; otherwise the NWD271N uses long preamble.
At the time of writing, this field is not available in Windows Vista.