Using Configuration Profiles - NETGEAR WAG511 User Manual

User's Manual for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PC Card 32-bit CardBus WAG511
• Rapid Roaming (does not require AutoCell-enabled APs). An AutoCell-enabled client will
accurately and rapidly detect movement as distinguished from RF anomalies such as arbitrary
and momentary changes in the surrounding RF domain. When it detects true movement, the
client immediately seeks the best available AP at the highest data rate possible instead of
waiting for the data rate to decline.
• Automatic Transmit Power Control (requires AutoCell-enabled AP). An AutoCell-enabled
client's RF transmit power level is automatically coordinated with an AutoCell-enabled AP.
This creates client micro-cells and reduces co-channel interference with other clients and APs
on the same frequency and improves overall throughput and performance.
• Automatic Load-Balancing (requires AutoCell-enabled AP). An AutoCell-enabled client
will seek out and associate to the lightest loaded AutoCell-enabled AP available.

Using Configuration Profiles

The WAG511 configuration utility uses profiles to store all the configuration settings for a
particular wireless network. You can store multiple profiles and recall the one which matches the
network you want to join.
For example, if you use your notebook PC to connect to a wireless network in an office and a
wireless network in your home, you can create a profile for each wireless network. Then, you can
easily load the profile that has all the configuration settings you need to join the network you are
using at the time.
There are two types of wireless network connections you can configure:
• Infrastructure Mode — uses the 802.11 infrastructure mode.
• Ad-hoc Mode — uses the 802.11 ad-hoc mode
For more information on 802.11 wireless network modes, see
on page B-1 of this manual.
Configuration
202-10041-01 September 2004
"Wireless Networking Overview"
4-3