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1. Link Info
State
Shows status information about the radio link, as shown in
Figure 2-5
Associated BSSID
– means the wireless client is connected to an access
point. BSSID is shown in the form of six hex digits which is the MAC
address of the access point.
Scanning
– means the wireless client is searching for an available access
point in infrastructure mode.
Disconnected
– means there are no access points or other wireless clients
(if communicating in Ad-hoc mode), or the PC Card is unplugged in your
computer.
Current Tx Rate (Mbits/s)
The data speed that wireless client is transmitting.
Current Channel
The operation radio frequency channel that wireless client is using in
infrastructure mode. In infrastructure mode, wireless client will always go
the same channel as their Access Point.
Throughput (Bytes/sec)
Tx
: shows the outgoing (sent) data speed.
Rx
: shows the incoming (received) data speed.
Link Quality
The bar shows the measured signal level and connection status. The
higher blue bar is, the better is radio signal received by the PC card.
Signal Strength
The bar shows signal strength level. The higher blue bar is, the more
powerful radio signal is received by the PC Card.
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2. Configuration
Network Type
Selects one of the following network type, as shown in
Figure 2-6
.
Figure 2-6
Peer-to-Peer:
this is the IEEE802.11 peer-to-peer mode of operation and
requires no the Access Point. When wireless clients are operated in this
mode, all wireless clients require the same SSID and don’t care the channel
number.
Access Point:
this mode of operation requires the use of an Access Point.
In this mode, all wireless communications between computers have to be
via the Access Point. (Default setting is
Access Point
)
Network Name
Network Name (SSID) is an identification code required for communication
in a wireless LAN. You will only be able to connect with a wireless client
(Peer-to-Peer) or an Access Point (Infrastructure) which has the same
SSID. If the SSID of a PC Card is set as
ANY
, then the PC Card is possible
to be connected to all available Access Point. (Default setting is
ANY
)
Transmit Rate
Select the transmission rate at which the client transmits the data packets.
