User manual SIEMENS GIGASET USB ADAPTER 300

[. . . ] s Gigaset USB Adapter 300 Gigaset Contents Contents Safety precautions . 5 Your contribution to the environment (ECO) . 8 Security in the wireless network: Encryption . 10 Reach of wireless connections over WLAN . [. . . ] Note: To make it easier to recognise them again, it is advisable to use an "illustrative" name for the profiles. A suitable name for a profile could be the location of the wireless network. The valid settings are still shown. ì Adjust the settings to the requirements of the network environment. ì Click Save. 35 Configuring the Gigaset USB Adapter 300 This saves your configuration as a new profile. The selection in the Profile field is expanded to include the new profile name. ì Open the selection in the Profile field. ì Click the profile name you want. This activates the selected profile and displays it in the Profile field. Selecting a profile ì Click Apply to activate the selected profile. ì Select the required profile in the Profile field. ì Change the settings where required. ì Click Save. This saves your changes in the selected profile. Note: Save updates the selected profile. The old settings are overwritten and are no longer available. Deleting a profile Editing a profile ì In the Profile field, select the profile you want to delete. ì Click Delete. The name of the selected profile is removed from the selection in the Profile field. The settings that were stored in this profile are now lost. Note: The DEFAULT profile can be changed, but not deleted. 36 Configuring the Gigaset USB Adapter 300 Status The Status tab provides information about the status of the wireless network your PC is currently connected to via the network adapter: u The left-hand pane shows the valid settings for the active configuration profile. u The right-hand and lower panes show the statistics for the previous data transfer. 37 Configuring the Gigaset USB Adapter 300 SSID Network Mode Transmission Rate Channel Transmission Mode Shows the ID for the network environment. (see "SSID (Service Set Identifier)" on page 28) Shows the structure of the network environment (see "Network Mode" on page 29) Shows the current transmission rate in Mbps. Shows the channel used for radio transmission (see "Channel" on page 29) Shows the WLAN standard used for data transmission (see "Transmission mode" on page 30). If your PC runs with Windows Vista mode, the transmission mode 802. 11n may not be displayed, depending on the type of access point in your wireless network. Security Received Packets Shows the encryption method (see "Configuration ­ Security" on page 31) Shows how many data packets have been received on your PC from connection partners in the current WLAN since the connection was set up. Shows how many data packets have been sent to connection partners in the current WLAN from your PC since the connection was set up. Shows the quality of the wireless connection. [. . . ] The basic element of a wireless network is the radio cell. This is the area in which wireless communication takes place. A WLAN can be operated in ad-hoc mode or infrastructure mode. WLAN is currently specified in standard IEEE 802. 11. [. . . ]