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TL-WN310G 54M Wireless Adapter User Guide
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¾ Power Save Mode -
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Maximum - Selects maximum mode to let the access point buffer incoming messages
for the wireless adapter. The adapter will detect the access point if any messages are
waiting periodically.
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Normal - Normal uses maximum when retrieving a large number of packets, then
switches back to power save mode after retrieving the packets.
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Off - Turns power saving off, thus powering up the wireless adapter continuously for a
short message response time.
¾ 802.11b Preamble: Specifies the preamble setting in 802.11b. The default setting is Short
& Long (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. Set to Long Only to override allowing short frames.
¾ Wireless Mode: Specifies 2.4 GHz 54 Mbps or 2.4 GHz 11 Mbps operation in an access
point network. The wireless adapter must match the wireless mode of the access point with
which it associates.
¾ QoS: Select this option, the adapter will provide Quality of Service for the wireless
connection.
¾ Wireless Mode when Starting an Ad Hoc Network: Specifies 2.4 GHz 54/11 Mbps to
start an Ad Hoc network if no matching network name is found after scanning all available
modes. This mode also allows the selection of the channel the wireless adapter uses. The
channels available depend on the regulatory domain. If the adapter finds no other ad hoc
adapters, the channel that the adapter starts the ad hoc network with will be selected
automatically. The wireless adapter must match the wireless mode and channel of the
clients it associates.
¾ 802.11 Authentication Mode: Select which mode the wireless adapter uses to
authenticate to an access point:
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Automatic causes the adapter to attempt authentication using shared, but switches it
to open authentication if shared fails.
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Open System enables an adapter to attempt authentication regardless of its WEP
settings. It will only associate with the access point if the WEP keys on both the
adapter and the access point match.
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Shared-key only allows the adapter to associate with access points that have the
same WEP key.
For infrastructure (access point) networks, click Preferred APs… to specify up to four access
points to the client adapter that attempts to be associated to the access points. The four access
points have different priorities; the frontal has the higher priority.