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Advanced Tab
In the Atheros Client Utility, access the Advanced tab by clicking New or
Modify on the Profile Management tab, then clicking the Advanced
tab in Profile Management.
Edit the fields in the Advanced tab of Profile Management to
configure the profile.
Make sure to also edit the General and Security
tabs.
Transmit Power
Level |
Selects the transmit power level for
80211b/g or 802.11a in mW. Actual transmit power may be limited by regulatory domain or hardware limitations. |
Power Save Mode |
Specify:
- Maximum mode causes the
access point to buffer incoming messages for the wireless
adapter. The adapter up periodically polls the access point to
see if any messages are waiting.
- Normal uses maximum when
retrieving a large number of packets, then switches back to power save mode
after retrieving the packets.
- Off turns power saving off, thus powering up the
wireless adapter continuously for a short message response time.
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Network Type |
Specifies the network as either infrastructure
(access point mode) or ad hoc. |
802.11b Preamble |
Specifies the preamble setting in
802.11b. The default setting is Short &
Long (access point mode), which allows
both short and long headers in the 802.11b frames. The adapter can
only use short radio headers if the access point supports and uses them.
Set to Long
Only to override allowing short frames. |
Wireless Mode |
Specifies 5GHz 54 Mbps, 2.4
GHz 54 Mbps, 2.4 GHz 11 Mbps, or Super A/G operation in an access
point network.
The wireless adapter must match the wireless mode of
the access point it associates to.
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Wireless Mode
when Starting an Ad Hoc Network |
Specifies 5GHz 54 Mbps, 5GHz
108 Mbps, or 2.4 GHz 54/11 Mbps to start an ad
hoc network if no matching network name is found after scanning all
available modes.
This mode also allows selection of the channel the
wireless adapter uses. The channels available depend on the
regulatory domain. If the adapter finds no other ad hoc adapters, this
selection specifies the which channel with the adapter starts the ad hoc
network with.
The wireless adapter must match the wireless mode and
channel of the clients it associates to.
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802.11a
Authentication Mode |
Select what mode the wireless adapter uses
to authenticate to an access point:
- Auto causes the adapter to attempt authentication
using shared, but switches it to open authentication if shared
fails.
- Open enables an adapter to attempt authentication
regardless of its WEP settings. It will only associate with the
access point if the WEP keys on both the adapter and the access
point match.
- Shared only allows the adapter to associate with
access points that have the same WEP key.
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For infrastructure (access point) networks, click the Preferred
APs button to specify up to four access points to which the client
adapter should attempt to associate.
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