D-Link DWL-500 User Manual page 18

CONFIGURATION UTILITY
Mode
The field allows selection from a list of supported Network
"Modes." The supported modes displayed are the following:
"802.11b Ad Hoc," " Ad Hoc," and "Infrastructure." The default
setting for the "Configuration Utility" is "Infrastructure."
1. 802.11 Ad Hoc - This is the 802.11b peer-to-peer mode of
operation. In "802.11b Ad Hoc" only one wireless "cell" is support-
ed for each different SSID. All communication is done from client
to client without the use of an Access Point. "802.11b Ad Hoc" net-
working uses the same SSID for the wireless adapters for estab-
lishing the network connection.
2. Ad Hoc - A "non-compliant" mode that will allow Prism2 (and
only Prism2) adapters to communicate with one another without an
Access Point regardless of the SSID assigned to the wireless adapters.
3. Infrastructure - This mode of operation requires the presence
of an 802.11b Access Point. All communication is done though the
Access Point which relays packets to other wireless clients as well
as to nodes on a wired network.
SSID (Service Set Identification)
The field allows the user to set the identification by typing the
name for a particular group of connected wireless adapters and
Access Point. The SSID has the name "default" as the initial set-
tings after the drivers are loaded.
Tx Rate
The transmission rate is set to "Fully Automatic" as the default set-
ting. However, the setting has options for 1Mb, 2Mb, Auto 1 or
2Mb, 5.5 Mb, and 11Mb. For most applications, it is recommended
to leave the setting at "Fully Automatic."
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