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MSI Feature

MS-6728 ATX Mainboard

E-4-6

Software Access Point

In the Software Access Point sub-menu, you can see the communication status on

your system and choose the desired software access point mode by clicking on the

desired icon, in which the default settings are configured for your usage. The default

software access point mode is set to WLAN Card Mode. For more advanced

security settings and channels switching, click on “Setting” button to enter its sub-

menu.

Terminology

Here are the introduction of WLAN / AP communication terminology.

WEP Key

In the wireless network environment, the administrator can set up password

(Network Key) to protect the network from being attacked or unauthorized

access. When building the network, you can set up 4 sets of WEP keys,

which can be 5 characters (10 hex-adecimal digital) or 13 characters (26

hex-adecimal digital) and specify one of them to use.

Ad-hoc Mode

An Ad-hoc network is a local area network or other small network, especially

one with wireless or temporary plug-in connections, in which some of the

network devices are part of the network only for the duration of a communi-

cations session. Users in the network can share files, print to a shared

printer, and access the Internet with a shared modem. In this kind of network,

new devices can be quickly added; however, users can only communicate

with other wireless LAN computers that are in this wireless LAN workgroup,

and are within range.

Infrastructure Mode

The difference between Infrastructure network and Ad-hoc network is that

the former one includes an Access Point. In an Infrastructure network, the

Access Point can manage the bandwidth to maximize bandwidth utilization.

Additionally, the Access Point enables users on a wireless LAN to access an

existing wired network, allowing wireless users to take advantage of the

wired networks resources, such as Internet, email, file transfer, and printer

sharing. The scale and range of the Infrastructure networking are larger and

wider than that of the Ad-hoc networking.

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