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7. Click OK. The profile appears in the Profile List in the screen in Figure 4-1 on page 51.
8. To create more profiles, repeat steps 2 through 7.
Options
Power Saving Mode
Network Type
Tx Power
RTS Threshold
Fragment Threshold
Using the SMC Wireless Utility (Mac)
Table 4-1. System Configuration Screen
Select a wireless networking power-saving mode. Choices are:
CAM (Constantly Awake Mode) = Power saving is disabled. This is how most wireless networks

operate. This is the default setting.
Power Saving Mode = power-conservation technique defined in 802.11, which causes the
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Adapter to suspend radio activity after a predetermined period of inactivity and then wake up
periodically to see whether the infrastructure has queued any traffic for it.
Select the type of network to which you want the Adapter to connect. Choices are:
802.11 Ad Hoc =select for computer-to-computer networking, bypassing the wireless router or
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access point.
 Infrastructure = select for connecting to a wireless router or access point.
The transmit power level used by the Adapter. Choices are:
100 (default)
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75
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 50
 25
 12
Packet size threshold at which a Request to Send (RTS) signal must be sent to the wireless
receiving unit prior to the wireless sending unit opening communications. Default is 2347.
Determines how large a fragment is that is being sent before it is divided into multiple fragments to
increase throughput. Default is 2346.
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