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D-Link Air WCB-B13 Manual page 14

2.4 ghz wireless cardbus adapter

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Configuration Utility
Configuration
This Configuration
screen displays the
default settings for
the WCB-B13.
To communicate on the network all devices must have the
SSID - (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.
Wireless Mode - 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 computer
equipped with a wireless adapter such as the D-Link Air DWL-520 Wireless
PCI adapter in a peer-to-peer environment.
Channel – The default channel setting is channel 6. However, the WCB-B13 will
automatically select the channel to match the channel setting for the selected
Access Point. In Ad Hoc mode, the channel must be manually set to the same
channel for each wireless adapter.
TX Rate - Select the transmission rate on the network. Auto is the default setting.
Preamble - Select Long or Short Preamble. The Preamble defines the length of
the CRC block (Cyclic Redundancy Check 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.
If any changes are made to the configuration of the wireless adapter, click Apply to
save the changes.
same settings for the following properties:
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