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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.
Regulatory Channel Frequency
Channel Frequency
(MHz)
FCC Canada ETSI France Spain Japan
1 2412
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2 2417
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3 2422
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4 2427
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5 2432
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ˇ
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6 2437
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7 2442
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8 2447
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9 2452
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ˇ
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10 2457
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ˇ
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ˇ
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11 2462
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12 2467
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13 2472
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14
2484
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