Wireless-B Notebook Adapter
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The
Link Information
screen, shown in Figure 7-3, displays signal strength and
link quality information about the current connection and provides a button to
click for additional status information.
Ad-Hoc Mode
or
Infrastructure Mode
- The screen indicates whether the
Adapter is currently working in ad-hoc or infrastructure mode.
Signal Strength
- The Signal Strength bar indicates signal strength, from 0 to
100%.
Link Quality
- The Link Quality bar indicates the quality of the wireless net-
work connection, from 0 to 100%.
Click the
More Information
button to view more information about the wire-
less network connection, shown in Figure 7-4.
Click the
X
(Close) button in the upper right corner to exit the WLAN Monitor.
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Wireless Network Status
State
- The status of the wireless network connection.
SSID
- The unique name of the wireless network.
Wireless Mode
- The mode of the wireless network currently in use.
Transfer Rate
- The data transfer rate of the current connection.
Channel
- The channel to which the wireless network devices are set.
WEP
- The status of the WEP encryption security feature.
MAC
- The MAC address of the wireless network’s device you connect to.
TCP/IP Setting
IP Address
- The Adapter’s IP Address.
Subnet Mask
- The Adapter’s Subnet Mask.
Default Gateway
- The Adapter’s Default Gateway address.
DNS
- The Adapter’s DNS address.
DHCP
- The status of the DHCP client.
Save to Profile
- Click this button to save the current connection profile to.
Signal Strength
- The Signal Strength bar indicates signal strength, from 0 to
100%.
Link Quality
- The Link Quality bar indicates the quality of the wireless net-
work connection, from 0 to 100%.
Click the
Back
button to return to the initial
Link Information
screen. Click the
X
(Close) button in the upper right corner to exit the WLAN Monitor.
Figure 7-4
Instant Wireless
®
Series
Link Information
Figure 7-3
