User manual TP-LINK TL-WN321G

[. . . ] TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter 2. 4GHz 802. 11b/g Rev1. 0. 1 COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Specifications are subject to change without notice. registered trademarks of their respective holders. No part of the specifications may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative such as translation, transformation, or adaptation without permission from TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO. , LTD. Copyright © 2007 TP-LINK TECHNOLOGIES CO. , LTD. [. . . ] The utility provides a complete and easy to use set of tools to: Display current status information Edit and add configured profiles Display current diagnostics information The section below introduces these above capabilities. Note: If your OS is Windows XP, you can use Windows XP to configure the wireless network settings. (To use this function, you must upgrade the OS with sp1). If you want to use Windows XP to configure wireless network settings, just exit the utility. Right-click the icon at the bottom of the screen, and click Exit to exit the utility. 3. 1. 1 Profile Click the Profile tab of the utility and the Profile screen will appear, Figure 3-1. The Profile screen provides tools to: Add a Profile Delete a profile Edit a profile Activate a profile - 11 - TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Figure 3-1 Profile Tab To create a new profile, click the Add button on the Profile tab, the Profile configuration screen will appear as shown in Figure 3-2. To edit a profile, highlight the desired profile name on Profile Name list, and click the Edit button, the Profile configuration screen will appear shown in Figure 3-1. To delete a profile, highlight the desired profile name on Profile Name list, and click the Delete button. To switch to another profile, highlight the desired profile name on Profile Name list, and click the Activate button. Note: Do not forget to click the Apply button when you create a new profile for connection. 3. 1. 2 Add or Edit a Configuration Profile To add a new configuration profile, click Add button on the Profile Management tab. To modify a configuration profile, select the configuration from the Profile list and click Edit. The Profile Management dialog box will display a screen similar to that shown in Figure 3-2. Edit the Configuration tab - 12 - TL-WN321G 54M Wireless USB Adapter User Guide Profile Name - Identifies the configuration profile. SSID - The IEEE 802. 11 wireless network name. This field has a maximum limit of 32 characters. PSM(Power Save Mode) · · CAM(Constantly Awake Mode) ­ Continuous Access Mode. PSM(Power Saving Mode) - Power Saving mode. Network Type ­ Displays the wireless mode, either Ad-hoc or Infrastructure mode Preamble ­ Specifies the preamble setting in 802. 11b. The default setting is Auto Switch (access point mode), which allows both short and long headers in the 802. 11b frames. The adapter can only use short radio headers if the access point supports and uses them. Fragment Threshold ­ Default is 2312. Ad-hoc mode ­ Displays the wireless mode, either Only 802. 11B or 802. 11B/G mode. Channel ­ Shows the current channel in use. [. . . ] This bit pattern is called a chip (or chipping code). Even if one or more bits in the chip are damaged during transmission, statistical techniques embedded in the receiver can recover the original data without the need for retransmission. To an unintended receiver, DSSS appears as low power wideband noise and is rejected (ignored) by most narrowband receivers. another wireless LAN endpoint), the DSSS signal is recognized as the only valid signal, and interference is inherently rejected (ignored). [. . . ]