Ssid; Supported Clients; Supported Rates - Proxim Harmony 8550 Manual

SSID

The SSID is a string of up to 32 ASCII characters that must match on all communicating
802.11b devices within the same network. SSID stands for Service Set ID. The SSID is
also referred to as the "ESSID" or "Extended Service Set ID."
All Harmony 802.11b Access Points and Harmony 802.11b client adapters must have
the same SSID to allow a mobile client to roam between Access Points.
By default, the SSID is set to "proxim."

Supported Clients

802.11b products can operate at 11 Mbps, 5.5 Mbps, 2 Mbps or 1 Mbps. This allows
802.11b devices to communicate with any existing 802.11 direct sequence devices that
operate only at 1 or 2 Mbps.
By default, the Harmony 802.11b Access Point will support both 802.11b and 2 Mbps
802.11 direct sequence clients. If you want the Harmony 802.11b Access Point to only
support 11 Mbps 802.11b clients, select the "11 Mbps clients only" option.

Supported Rates

The IEEE 802.11b specification supports four data rates: 11 Mbps, 5.5 Mbps, 2 Mbps,
and 1 Mbps. As a mobile client travels further and further away from an 802.11b Access
Point, the data rate automatically decreases in order to maintain a usable radio connec-
tion. Therefore, a client that is close to an Access Point may operate at 11 Mbps, but a
client that is far away from the Access Point may operate at 2 Mbps.
By default, the Harmony 802.11b Access Point supports all four data rates. However,
you can prevent the Access Point from using a specified data rate by unchecking the
appropriate box.
For example, if your application requires that the Harmony 802.11b PC Card maintains
an 11 Mbps data rate, you can uncheck the 5.5 Mbps, 2 Mbps, and 1 Mbps options. The
Access Point and PC Card will always attempt to operate at 11 Mbps but this may
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