Cisco Aironet Installation And Configuration Manual page 76

Setting RF Network Parameters
Table 5-3
Parameter
Data Rate
Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Client Adapters Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows
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RF Network Parameters
Description
Specifies the rate at which your client adapter should transmit or
receive packets to or from access points (in infrastructure mode) or
other clients (in ad hoc mode).
Auto Rate Selection is recommended for infrastructure mode; setting a
specific data rate is recommended for ad hoc mode.
Options: Auto Rate Selection, 1 Mbps Only, 2 Mbps Only, 5.5 Mbps
Default: Auto Rate Selection
2.4-GHz Client
Adapters
Auto Rate
Selection
1 Mbps
Only
2 Mbps
Only and
5.5 Mbps
Only
11 Mbps
Only
Note
Only, or 11 Mbps Only (2.4-GHz client adapters);
Auto Rate Selection, 6 Mbps Only, 9 Mbps Only, 12 Mbps
Only, 18 Mbps Only, 24 Mbps Only, 36 Mbps Only, 48 Mbps
Only, or 54 Mbps Only (5-GHz client adapters)
Data Rate
5-GHz Client
Description
Adapters
Auto Rate Uses the 11-Mbps (for 2.4-GHz client
Selection adapters) or 54-Mbps (for 5-GHz client
adapters) data rate when possible but
drops to lower rates when necessary.
6 Mbps Offers the greatest range but the lowest
Only throughput.
9 Mbps Progressively offers less range but greater
Only to 48 throughput than the 1 Mbps Only (for
Mbps Only 2.4-GHz client adapters) or 6 Mbps Only
(for 5-GHz client adapters) option.
54 Mbps Offers the greatest throughput but the
Only lowest range.
Your client adapter's data rate must be set to Auto Rate
Selection or must match the data rate of the access point (in
infrastructure mode) or the other clients (in ad hoc mode) with
which it is to communicate. Otherwise, your client adapter may
not be able to associate to them.
Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter
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