If the device is operating as a client, the tab 'Client mode' can be used for further settings that affect the behavior as a client.
LANconfig:
Command line:
- Keep client connection alive
- This option ensures that the client station keeps the connection to the access point alive even if the connected devices are not exchanging any data packets. If this option is disabled, the client station is automatically logged off the wireless network if no packets are transferred over the WLAN connection within a specified time.
- Scan bands
- This defines whether the client station scans just the 2.4 GHz, just the 5 GHz, or all of the available bands for access points.
- Exclusive BSS ID
- If the client station is to log onto one particular AP only, the MAC address of the WLAN module in this AP can be entered here.
- Address adaptation
- In client mode, the client station normally replaces the MAC addresses in data packets from the devices connected to it with its own MAC address. The AP at the other end of the connection only ever "sees" the MAC address of the client station, not the MAC address of the computer(s) connected to it.
In some installations it may be desirable for the MAC address of a computer to be transmitted to the AP and not the MAC address of the client station. The option Address adaptation prevents the MAC address from being replaced by the client station. Data packets are transferred with their original MAC addresses—in the WLAN, the AP takes the client's MAC address.
Important: Address adaptation only works when just one computer is connected to the client station. - AP selection preference
- If several APs are available that match different profiles, the following criteria can be used to select the AP.
- Profile
- The profile with the smallest index is chosen, even if a stronger AP is available that matches a profile of a higher index.
- Signal strength
- The signal strength is the most important selection criterion.
