User manual LINKSYS WUSB11

[. . . ] Instant WirelessTM Series Wireless USB Network Adapter Use this Guide to install WUSB11 User Guide COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Copyright © 2001 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. Instant WirelessTM is a registered trademark of Linksys. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and brand names are the property of their respective proprietors. [. . . ] The value should remain at its default setting of 2, 436. If you experience high packet error rates, you can decrease this value, but it will likely decrease overall network performance. Only minor modifications of this value are recommended. The RTS Threshold Value should remain at its default setting of 2, 437. A preamble is a signal used to synchronize the transmission timing between two or more systems. A series of transmission pulses is sent before the data to indicate that "someone is about to transmit data". This ensures that systems receiving the information correctly interpret when the data transmission starts. By selecting Deny Unencrypted Data Frames, all unencrypted data will not be seen. For Authentication Type, you may choose between Open System or Shared Key. Shared Key is when both the sender and recipient share a secret key. Both units use this key for an extended length of time, sometimes indefinitely. Any eavesdropper that discovers the key may decipher all packets until the key is changed. 22 6. The About tab shows you copyright and version information about the driver, the configuration utility, and the firmware. The version number of the driver may vary from this screen, depending on which version was shipped with your Adapter. You can always visit www. linksys. com for the latest version of the driver. Click OK to complete the configuration. 23 Instant WirelessTM Series Wireless USB Network Adapter Can I play computer games with other members of the wireless network?Yes, as long as the game supports multiple players over a LAN (local area network). Refer to the game's user guide for more information. The IEEE 802. 11 Wireless LAN standards subcommittee, which is formulating a standard for the industry. The objective is to enable wireless LAN hardware from different manufacturers to communicate. What IEEE 802. 11 features are supported?The product supports the following IEEE 802. 11b functions: · CSMA/CA plus Acknowledge protocol · Multi-Channel Roaming · Automatic Rate Selection · RTS/CTS feature · Fragmentation · Power Management What is Ad-hoc? [. . . ] Unlike TCP, however, UDP does not provide the service of dividing a message into packets (datagrams) and reassembling it at the other end. Specifically, UDP doesn't provide sequencing of the packets that the data arrives in. This means that the application program that uses UDP must be able to make sure that the entire message has arrived and is in the right order. Network applications that want to save processing time because they have very small data units to exchange (and therefore very little message reassembling to do) may prefer UDP to TCP. [. . . ]