D-Link Air DWL-520 Manual page 15

Using the Configuration Utility
Configuration
This Configuration
screen displays the
default settings for
the DWL-520
To communicate on the network all devices must have
the same settings for the following properties:
SSID-
Wireless Mode-
Channel-
Tx Rate-
Preamble-
If any changes are made to the configuration of the wireless adapter, click Apply to save
the changes.
(Service Set Identifier) is a name that identifies a wireless network.
Access Points and wireless clients attempting to connect to a
specific WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) must use the same
SSID. The default setting is default.
Click on the pull-down menu; select from the following options:
Infrastructure - connecting the WLAN using an access point such
as the DWL-6000AP. (The default setting.)
Ad-Hoc - wireless mode used when connecting directly to a com-
puter equipped with a wireless adapter such as the D-Link Air DWL-
520 Wireless PCI Adapter in a peer-to-peer environment.
The default channel setting is channel 6. However, the DWL-
650 will automatically select the channel to match the channel
setting for the selected access point. In Ad-Hoc mode, the chan-
nel must be manually set to the same channel for each wireless
adapter.
Select the transmission rate on the network. Auto is the default
setting.
Select Long or Short Preamble. The Preamble defines the length
of the CRC block (Cyclic Redundancy is a common technique for
detecting data transmission errors) for communication between
the access point and the roaming wireless network adapters. Auto
is the default setting. Note: High network traffic areas should
use the shorter preamble type.
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