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AirLive WN-5000PCI User Manual

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Here are descriptions of every setup items:

Profile Name

Please give this profile a name, up to 32 alphanumerical characters and symbols

are allowed, but space is not allowed.

SSID

The SSID of the wireless access point or wireless device you selected will be

displayed here. But if the SSID of access point or wireless device is not available,

you have to input it here manually.

PSM:

Please select CAM (constantly awake mode, keep the wireless radio activity when

(Power Saving

not transferring data), or PSM (Power saving mode, switches radio off when not

Mode) transferring

data)

It’s recommended to choose ‘PSM’ if you’re using this network card with notebook

computer to help the battery live longer.

Network Type

Select network type (‘Ad Hoc’ or ‘Infrastructure’). If you’re adding a profile from an

existing access point or wireless device, it’s automatically selected and you don’t

have to change it.

TX Power

You can select the radio output power of wireless network card. You may not need

full radio power if you’re not far from wireless access point, and only use a high

setting here if you found that radio reception is bad.

If you don’t know which one to use, select ‘Auto’.

Preamble

This option is only available when the network type is ‘Ad hoc’. You can select

‘Auto’ or ‘Long Preamble’. Please select ‘Auto’ if you don’t know what it is.

RTS Threshold

Check the box and you can set RTS threshold manually here. Do not modify

default setting unless you know what it is.

Fragment

Check the box and you can set fragment threshold

Threshold

manually here. Do not modify default setting unless you know what it is.

Now click ‘Authentication and Security’ tab, and set the encryption and authentication settings.

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