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WEP:
An acronym for Wired Equivalent Privacy, WEP is an encryption scheme used to protect your
wireless data communications. WEP uses a combination of 40-bit keys to provide access control to
your network and encryption security for every data transmission. To decode a data transmission,
each wireless client on the network must use an identical 40-bit key.
NOTE:
This feature is only available in Infrastructure Mode and must also be enabled on the
Access Point. Select the WEP tab to enable or disable this feature.
PS Mode:
Power Saving Mode enables or disables the power saving features of your wireless
adapter. When enabled on a laptop, the power saving mode can reduce power consumption by the
wireless card and extend the battery life of your laptop. This setting is only implemented in a
network operating in Infrastructure mode.
Changing the PS mode:
The PS Mode on your adapter is set to “Disabled” by default.
To change the setting, select “Enabled” from the drop-down list, click “OK” and wait a few
seconds. The screen will then is updated and show the current Connection Status, Link
Quality and Signal Strength.
Channel:
This setting specifies the default 802.11b channel used by the Wireless LAN
communication. In an Infrastructure type network without an Access Point active on the default
channel, clients will scan through all available channels searching for a network with matching SSID.
Changing the Channel:
Changing the channel is only effective in Ad-Hoc networks.
Networks operating in Infrastructure mode automatically scan for a channel. The following
table presents contains the operational channel frequency for several countries.
