Trust Computer Products Super G 802.11g - Manual (Page 23)

IEEE 802.11g PCI Card Wireless Network Adapter
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On the left side of the screen are Available WLANs, which you may connect to by first selecting
the WLAN (it will appear highlighted) and then clicking on Add. When you do so a screen like the
one below will pop up:
In the Wireless Network Properties screen you may change the name of the WLAN. You may
also enter wireless network encryption keys by checking Network Authentication (Shared mode)
or Data encryption (WEP enabled). You may enter up to four keys of length 10 or 25
hexadecimal digits. You may also set one of the four keys as a default key.
Data Encryption:
Select Enabled or Disabled.
Authentication:
Open Authentication - The CardBus is visible to all devices on the network.
Shared Authentication – Allows communication only with other devices with identical WEP
settings.
Auto - Will automatically adjust to the Authentication mode of the wireless access point or router.
If the network you are using is a computer-to-computer network or ad hoc network, no access
points are used. You may check the box “This is a computer to computer (ad hoc) network; no
access points are used” to enable this option.
On the Configuration Tab, click on Refresh to call up all the available WLANs. On the right side
of the screen is a list of Preferred WLANs. These are WLANs that have already been added to
the wireless network. Click New to rename the WLAN and reset its properties. You will see the
Wireless Network Properties screen as displayed previously when you click New. This is also
the same screen that will appear when you click Properties on the right side of the Configuration
Tab screen. Click Remove to remove the connection.
On the right side of the screen you may click Move Up to move the selected WLAN up in the order
it is displayed on the Preferred WLANs screen. You may click Move Down to move the selected
WLAN down in the order in which it is displayed.
The Advance button allows the user to set the WLAN type to connect: infrastructure and ad hoc
network, infrastructure network only, or ad hoc network only. You may also automatically connect
to non-preferred networks by checking the option.