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Learn how to access the advanced adapter settings and configure settings to meet your wireless network requirements.
How to access the advanced adapter settings in Windows 8*
How to access the advanced adapter settings in Windows 7* and Windows Vista*
802.11n Channel Width (band 2.4/band 5.2)
802.11n Channel Width for band 2.4
802.11n Channel Width for band 5.2
802.11n Mode
Ad Hoc Channel 802.11b/g
Ad Hoc QoS Mode
Bluetooth® AMP
Fat Channel Intolerant
Mixed Mode Protection
Preferred Band
Roaming Aggressiveness
Intel Throughput Enhancement
Transmit Power
Wake on Magic Packet
Wake on Pattern Match
Wireless Mode
Windows 8*
- Go to Desktop mode
- Select Charms > Settings > PC Info
- Click Device Manager (located in the top left of screen)
- Click the > sign to expand the Network adapters entry.
- Right-click the wireless adapter and click Properties.
- Click the Advanced tab to configure the advanced settings.
Windows 7* and Windows Vista*
To access the advanced Wi-Fi adapter settings, complete the following steps.
- Right-click the My Computer icon on the desktop or from the Start menu.
- Click Manage.
- Click Device Manager.
- Click the + sign to expand the Network Adapters entry.
- Right-click the wireless adapter and click Properties.
- Click the Advanced tab to configure the advanced settings.
Explanation of Advanced Wi-Fi Adapter Configuration Settings
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Certain properties may not appear depending on the type of wireless adapter installed in the system. | |
802.11n Channel Width (band 2.4/band 5.2)
This setting can be used to set high throughput mode channel width in order to maximize performance.
- Auto (Default): For band 5.2, this setting uses 20 or 40 MHz depending on the wireless access point or router to which the router is connecting.
- 20Mhz
| Note |
These settings are available only if the adapter is an Intel® WiMAX/WiFi Link 5350, Intel® WiMAX/WiFi Link 5150, Intel® WiFi Link 5300, Intel® WiFi Link 5100 or Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN. | |
802.11n Mode
The 802.11n standard builds upon previous 802.11 standards by adding multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO). MIMO increases data throughput to improve the transfer rate. Setting can be used to enable or disable supporting the high throughput mode (MIMO - 802.11n).
- Enabled (Default)
- Disabled
| Notes |
These settings are available only if the adapter is an Intel® WiMAX/WiFi Link 5350, Intel® WiMAX/WiFi Link 5150, Intel® WiFi Link 5300, Intel® WiFi Link
5100 or Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN.
To achieve transfer rates greater than 54 Mbps on 802.11n connections, WPA2-AES security must be selected. No security (None) can be selected to enable network setup and troubleshooting. An administrator can enable or disable support for high throughput mode to reduce power-consumption or conflicts with other bands or compatibility issues. | |
Ad Hoc Channel 802.11 b/g
This is the band and channel selection for ad hoc networks. There is no need to change the channel unless the other computers in the device to device (ad hoc) network use a different channel from the default channel; then you should select the allowed operating channel from the list.
- 802.11b/g (Default): Select this option when 802.11b and 802.11g (2.4 GHz) ad hoc band frequency is used.
- 802.11a: Select this option when 802.11a (5 GHz) ad hoc band frequency is used.
| Note |
These settings are available only if the adapter is an Intel® WiMAX/WiFi Link 5350, Intel® WiMAX/WiFi Link 5150, Intel® WiFi Link 5300, Intel® WiFi Link 5100 or Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN. | |
Ad Hoc Power Management
Set power saving features for Device to Device (ad hoc) networks.
- Disabled: Select when connecting to ad hoc networks that contain stations that do not support ad hoc power management.
- Maximum Power Savings: Select to optimize battery life.
- Noisy Environment: Select when connecting in a noisy environment to prevent performance degradation.
Ad Hoc QoS Mode
Quality of Service (QoS) control in ad hoc networks. QoS provides prioritization of traffic from the access point over a Wi-Fi Local Area Network (LAN) based on traffic classification. WMM* (Wi-Fi MultiMedia*) is the QoS certification of the Wi-Fi Alliance* (WFA). When WMM is enabled, the adapter uses WMM to support priority tagging and queuing capabilities for Wi-Fi networks.
- WMM Enabled (Default)
- WMM Disabled
| Note |
This feature is not installed through an Administrator Package when a user's computer has an Intel® PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection or an Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection. | |
Fat Channel Intolerant
This setting communicates to surrounding networks that this Wi-Fi adapter is not tolerant of 40MHz channels in the 2.4GHz band. The default setting is for this to be disabled (turned off) so that the adapter does not send this notification.
| Note |
These settings are available only if the adapter is an Intel® WiMAX/WiFi Link 5350, Intel® WiMAX/WiFi Link 5150, Intel® WiFi Link 5300, Intel® WiFi Link 5100 or Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN. | |
Mixed Mode Protection
Use to avoid data collisions in a mixed 802.11b and 802.11g environment. Request to Send/Clear to Send (RTS/CTS) should be used in an environment where clients may not hear each other. CTS-to-self can be used to gain more throughput in an environment where clients are in close proximity and can hear each other.
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This setting is not valid when 802.11n mode is enabled. | |
Preferred Band
Roaming Aggressiveness
This setting allows you to define how aggressively your Wi-Fi client roams to improve connection to an access point. Click Use default value to balance between not roaming and performance.
- Lowest: Your wireless client will not roam. Only significant link quality degradation causes it to roam to another access point.
- Medium-Low/Medium-High: Allow Roaming.
- Medium: Balanced setting between not roaming and performance.
- Highest: Your Wi-Fi client continuously tracks the link quality. If any degradation occurs, it tries to find and roam to a better access point.
Intel® Throughput Enhancement
Enhance the transmit throughput by enabling packet bursting.
- Enabled
- Disabled (Default)
Transmit Power
The optimal setting is to set the transmit power at the lowest possible level still compatible with the quality of their communication. This allows the maximum number of wireless devices to operate in dense areas and reduces interference with other devices that share this radio spectrum. If you decrease the transmit power, you reduce the radio coverage.
- Lowest: Sets the adapter to the lowest transmit power. This enables you to increase the number of coverage areas or confine a coverage area. You should reduce the coverage area in high traffic areas to improve overall transmission quality and avoid congestion and interference with other devices.
- Medium-low/Medium/Medium-high: Set by country requirements.
- Highest (Default): Sets the adapter to a maximum transmit power level. Use this setting for maximum performance and range in environments with limited additional radio devices.
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This setting takes effect when either Network (Infrastructure) or Device to Device (ad hoc) mode is used. | |
Wake on Magic Packet
Wake on Pattern Match
Wireless Mode
These Wi-Fi modes (modulation type) determine the discovered access points within range of your network adapter. The available bands depend on the adapter.
- 802.11b only: Connect the wireless adapter to 802.11b networks only.
- 802.11g only: Connect the wireless adapter to 802.11g networks only.
- 802.11a and 802.11g: Connect the wireless adapter to 802.11a and 802.11g networks only.
- 802.11b and 802.11g: Connect the wireless adapter to 802.11b and 802.11g networks only.
- 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g (Default): Connect to 802.11a, 802.11b or 802.1g wireless networks.
This applies to:
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