User manual NETGEAR MA311

[. . . ] NETGEAR ® IEEE 802. 11b Wireless PCI Adapter 11 Mbps Model MA311 User's Guide i © 2002 by NETGEAR, Inc. NETGEAR® , the Netgear Logo, the Gear Guy, and Everybody's connecting are trademarks or registered trademarks of Netgear, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are trademarks, or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. [. . . ] Only valid in 802. 11 Ad-hoc mode, this indicates the wireless channel currently in use. Indicates the data transfer rate between the wireless node and the device it is communicating with. Indicates the number of successfully Transmitted and Received packets. Indicates the signal strength of the radio frequency signal received by this wireless node. 18 Link Quality Indicates how well the wireless node is communicating with the associated access point or another wireless node. Profile The Profile field allows you to set values for all parameters by selecting a previously defined profile. To create a profile, go to the Profile field, type in a Profile Name and set the corresponding parameters (SSID, WEP, etc. ). After changing parameters, Save the profile and click the Activate button to put it into effect. If one of the profiles is no longer used, you may remove it by clicking the Delete button. You can have multiple profiles and modify a profile at any time. Configuration Network mode SSID Configurable between 802. 11 Ad-hoc and Infrastructure modes. In 802. 11 Ad-hoc mode, the wireless nodes form their own local network where the end nodes communicate peer-to-peer without an access point. In Infrastructure mode, the wireless searches all available wireless channels to associate with an access point. Enter a 32-character (maximum) Service Set ID in this field; the characters are case sensitive. When the wireless node is operating in Ad-hoc mode, this field operates as the Basic Service Set ID (BSSID). All wireless nodes in the same network should use 19 Transmit Rate Channel Preamble Type Fragmentation Threshold RTS/CTS Threshold the same BSSID. When in Infrastructure mode, this field defines the Extended Service Set ID (ESSID). The ESSID assigned to the wireless node is required to match the access point ESSID for the wireless node to communicate with the access point. In this case, the best transfer rate is negotiated between the wireless node and the device it is communicating with. Other possible values for this field are 1 Mbps, 2 Mbps, 5. 5 Mbps, and 11 Mbps. Only valid in 802. 11 Ad-hoc mode, this field defines which wireless channel to use. In Infrastructure mode, the wireless node automatically searches through all available wireless channels for an access point to be associated with. It is not necessary to select the wireless channel when operating in Infrastructure mode. Sets the number of preamble bits sent out by this wireless node before the actual data bits. Packets larger than the size programmed in this field will be fragmented. [. . . ] For stations to communicate with each other, all stations must be configured with the same SSID. A wireless LAN consisting of nodes operating in ad-hoc configuration without an access point is called a Basic Service Set (BSS). In an infrastructure configuration with access points, multiple BSS can be configured to form an Extended Service Set (ESS). In this configuration, the access points are configured with the same Extended Service Set ID (ESSID). [. . . ]