ZyXEL Communications PCMCIA Manual page 30

ESSID
The ESS ID is the unique ID used by Access Points and stations to identify a wireless LAN.
Wireless clients associating to any Access Point must have the same ESSID. The default
setting is ANY, which allows your Wireless LAN PC Card to automatically associate to any
Access Point (Infrastructure mode) in the vicinity of your wireless adapter. Alternatively, you
may check the ESS ID check box to specify the ESS ID. It will then attempt to associate with
Access Points or stations with the same ESS ID. The ESS ID can be set up to 32 characters
and is case sensitive.
If there two Access Points with the same ESSID, you may check the BSS ID check box and
enter the MAC address of the Access Point you desire to connect to.
Transmit Rate
The 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card provides various data rate options for you to select. Data
rates options include Fully Auto, 2 Mbps, 1 or 2 Mbps, 5.5 Mbps, and 11 Mbps. In most
networking scenarios, you will see that the factory-set default "Fully Automatic" will prove the
most efficient. This setting will allow your 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card to operate at the
maximum data rate. When the communications quality drops below a certain level, the PC
Card will automatically switch to a lower data rate. Transmission at lower data speeds are
usually more reliable.
11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card will gradually increase the data rate again, until it has reached
the highest available transmit rate.
Check here before entering the ESS ID
Check here before entering the BSS ID
However, when the communications quality improves again, the
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