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Advanced Settings

Use the Advanced Settings window to set additional parameters for a specific profile.

How to Access

  1. If you are creating or editing an administrator profile, open the Administrator Tool. Or if you are creating or editing a personal profile, at the main window, click Profiles.
  2. At the Profiles window or tab, for an existing profile, click Properties. For a new profile click Add.
  3. At the General Settings window, click Advanced....

Advanced Settings Description

Name Description

Auto Connect

Automatic (Default): Select to have the Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi Connection Utility connect automatically to this profile when it is in range.

On Demand: Select to prevent automatic connection of a profile when the network is in range. For example, if there is a cost for a wireless connection and you did not want to connect automatically when in range. In the WiFi Networks list and in the Profiles list, the network will be noted with this icon, indicating On Demand connection (also called manual connection).

To connect to the network:

  1. Select the network from the WiFi Networks list.
  2. Click Connect.

Auto Import

Allows a network administrator to easily move the selected profile to other computers. When the exported file is placed in the WiFi\AutoImport directory on another computer, the WiFi connection utility automatically imports the profile.

NOTE: This feature is only available when configuring a user profile. It is not available when configuring Administrator Profiles.

Band Selection

Here you can select the band to use for this connection profile:

  • Mixed band (default): Select this to the have WiFi connection utility attempt to connect this profile to an available network with either of the two bands.
  • 2.4 GHz band: Select this to have the WiFi connection utility attempt to connect this profile to an available network using only the 2.4 GHz band.
  • 5.2 GHz band: Select this to have the WiFi connection utility attempt to connect this profile to an available network using only the 5.2 GHz band.

Mandatory Access Point

Forces the WiFi adapter to connect to an access point that uses a specific MAC address. Enter the MAC address of the access point (BSSID); 48-bit, 12 hexadecimal digits. For example, 00:06:25:0E:9D:84.

Clear: Clear current address.

NOTE: This feature is not available when ad hoc operating mode is used.

Password Protection
  1. Password protect this profile (maximum 10 characters): Select to enable a password for the profile. The default setting is cleared for no profile password.
  2. Password: Enter a password. The entered password characters display as asterisks.
  3. Confirm Password: Reenter the password.

NOTE: Be sure to keep this password written down. If it is forgotten, it cannot be reset.

Application Auto Launch

Automatically starts a batch file, executable file, or script whenever you connect to the profile. For example, you might want a Virtual Private Network (VPN) session to start automatically whenever you connect to a wireless network.

  1. Click Enable Application Auto Launch.
  2. Enter the name of the program that you want to start or click Browse to locate the file on your hard disk.
  3. Click OK to close the Advanced Settings.

Maintain Connection

The Maintain Connection option maintains the wireless connection with a user profile after log off.

If the Maintain Connection option is selected and a Persistent profile exists, the Persistent profile will not be applied at logoff. It will be applied only if the connection with this profile is lost.

NOTE: This option may be used with Nortel VPN client when it is configured to Logoff on Connect.

NOTE: This feature is only available when configuring a user profile. It is not available when configuring Administrator Profiles.

User Name Format

User Name Format: An administrator can select the user name format for the authentication server.

The choices are:

  • user (default)
  • user@domain
  • user@domain.com
  • DOMAIN\user

NOTE: This feature is available only when configuring Administrator Profiles. It is not available when creating a profile from the Create WiFi Profile page.

PLC Domain Check

Pre-logon Domain Check: This setting is visible only when using the Administrator Tool, and only if you select to create a Pre-logon/Common profile. The choices are:

  • Check for Domain Server Presence: When using a Pre-logon Connect profile while joined to a domain, this setting will verify the domain server's presence before the user login process is finished. If the server is not found, login may be delayed for a minute or more.
  • Just continue with login: Login proceeds normally. Server presence is not checked.

NOTE: This feature is available only when configuring Administrator Profiles. It is not available when creating a profile from the Create WiFi Profile page.

OK

Close and save the settings.

Cancel

Close and cancel any changes.

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