How to configure and save your wireless adapter settings
The settings you make on this page do not take effect until you click Apply. The status bar at the bottom of this page displays real time details about your wireless connection. Once you apply the settings, they will remain until you change them. You can also create and save multiple profiles and activate whichever one you need to use.
How to Configure Settings
1.	Choose the Network Name SSID of your network. The drop-down list will show all the SSID names being broadcast at your location. The corresponding Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc setting is automatically made.
2. If the Network Name SSID you chose requires WEP security settings, you must enter the correct settings. You can use the Networks tab page to identify whether or not the particular SSID you will use requires WEP settings. After selecting the “WEP” , enter the passphrase, key size, or manual key settings that the wireless network requires. A red lock symbol in the status bar indicates WEP is required or the WEP key is incorrect. 
3. Click Apply to activate your settings.
How to Save Settings in a Profile
1.	Enter a name for the profile in the “Profiles” name field. 
Tip: If you use a notebook PC to connect to a wireless network at work and at home, create profiles called “work” and “home.” Then, activate whichever one you need for wherever you are located.
2.	Click Save Profile. 
How to Start a Computer-to-Computer (Ad Hoc) Network
1.	Fill in the Network Name (SSID).
2. Select the Computer-to-Computer (Ad Hoc) network type.
3. Click Initiate Ad Hoc. The Ad Hoc Setting dialog box will appear.
4. If you use a wireless that supports multiple wireless standards (802.11a, 802.11b, or 802.11g), select the standard and channel you want to use.
5. Click Ok.
How to Configure Ad Hoc Settings
1.	In the Start Ad Hoc field, choose the wireless standard (802.11a, 802.11b, or 802.11g) for your Ad Hoc computer-to-computer network.
2. In the Channel field, Automatic should work. If you notice interference problems with another nearby wireless device, select a channel that is not being used by any other wireless networks near your wireless adapter. Use the Networks tab page to identify the channels in use in your area.
3. Click Ok.
Advanced Settings
Generally, these settings should not require adjustment. Except for the power saving setting, changing any of the settings incorrectly on this page could cause your wireless connection to fail.
Power Saving: Select On if you are using a notebook computer running on battery power.
Preamble: A long transmit preamble may provide a more reliable connection or slightly longer range.  A short transmit preamble might give slightly better performance. 
Transmit Rate: The transmit rate can be fixed from 1 Mbps to 54 Mbps or changed automatically. Lowering the transmit rate lets you reduce the chance of interference with other nearby access points and adapters.
Wireless Mode: Select the wireless protocols you will use. Depending on your wireless adapter, you can choose some or all of the available 802.11 wireless protocols. Note that, if the wireless network you are communicating with uses the 802.11a Turbo mode, you must include that in your selection.
RTS/CTS Threshold: The packet size that is used to determine whether it should use the CSMA/CD (Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection) mechanism or the CSMA/CA (Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Avoidance) mechanism for packet transmission. CSMA/CD is slightly more efficient.