Siemens Gigaset 54 User Manual page 25

Gigaset USB Adapter 54 / English / A31008-E505-B104-1-19 / configuration.fm / 26.02.2004
Channel
The Channel field shows the radio channel used to set up communication with the
connection partners. You can choose from radio channels 1-11.
In Infrastructure mode, the radio channel is set by the Access Point for all WLAN
participants and can only be changed there. In this case, the Channel field shows the
channel being used.
For ad hoc mode, you set the network adapter Channel manually.
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Select the Channel used by the desired connection partners in the ad-hoc network.
Power Saving
The Gigaset USB Adapter 54 can be used in power saving mode. Your PC remains
reachable on the network, but the network adapter's energy consumption is reduced to
a minimum.
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Select Enabled to use the network adapter in power saving mode.
Transmission Mode
The Gigaset USB Adapter 54 is designed to operate as per various WLAN standards:
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Select 802.11g if the network environment uses this WLAN standard.
The maximum transmission rate possible is 54 Mbps.
OR
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Select 802.11g if the network environment uses this WLAN standard.
The maximum transmission rate possible is limited to 11 Mbps.
OR
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Select Mixed Mode if the network environment uses both modes. Some of the
network adapters use Standard 802.11g, others Standard 802.11b.
The maximum transmission rate possible depends on the WLAN standard of the
connection partner in question.
Configuring the Gigaset USB Adapter 54
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