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Status:
The Status field on the
Configuration
menu provides the following information.
State:
When operating in Infrastructure mode, this field shows the MAC address of the Access
Point with which the IEEE 802.11g Wireless LAN USB Adapter is communicating. When
operating in Ad-Hoc mode, it shows the virtual MAC address used by computers participating in
the Ad-Hoc network.
Current Channel:
Shows the channel on which the connection is made.
Current Tx Rate:
Shows the highest transmit rate of the current association.
Throughput:
Shows the short term transmit and receive throughput in bytes/second, and is
continuously updated.
Link Quality:
Based on the quality of the received signal of the Access Point beacon. There are 5
states of link quality:
100%~80%:
Excellent link.
80%~60%: Good link quality.
60%~40%: Fair link quality.
Under 40%: Poor or no connection.
Signal Strength:
Based on the received signal strength measurement of the baseband processor of
the Beacon signal. Same as link quality, there are 5 states of signal strength:
100%~80%:
Excellent signal strength.
80%~60%: Good signal strength.
60%~40%: Fair signal strength.
Under 40%: Poor or no signal strength.
You can click the
Rescan
button to force the radio to rescan all available channels. If your link
quality or signal strength is poor, rescanning can be used to push the radio off a weak Access Point
and search for a better link with another Access Point.
