Zonet Technology 802.11 g 54Mbps Wireless LAN CardBus Adapter - Manual (Page 50)

Connection Tab
Item Description Figure
Network
Type
This wireless LAN adapter
supports two network types –
Infrastructure and Ad hoc. You
can click the down-arrow
button to select one network
type.
Infrastructure
– This type of
network connection needs an
access point in range. All
communication is done
through this access point.
Ad hoc
– A peer-to-peer mode
of operation. This type of link is
established from client to client
without any access point.
ESSID You can type a specific ESSID
in this field in order to establish
the link with an access point or
other computer equipped with
a wireless LAN adapter. If you
leave this field blank, and then
the wireless LAN adapter will
try to build the link with an
access point or other computer
equipped with a wireless LAN
adapter that has the better
signal and link quality.
TxRate This field provides options for
selecting data-transmitting rate
of the wireless LAN adapter.
There are five options – Auto,
1 Mbps, 2 Mbps, 5.5 Mbps and
11 Mbps. You can click the
down-arrow button to select
one option. By default, the data
rate is set to Auto allowing the
wireless LAN adapter to
adaptively set the Tx rate to
Wireless LAN CardBus Adapter