User Guide

SMCWPCI-N3 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Adapter
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¾ Management Frame Protection - Show whether or not the management frame is be
protected. The management frame is part of MAC frame; it’s used to manage the service of
data link layer.
¾ Associated AP Name - The name of AP associated.
¾ Associated AP IP Address - The IP address of AP associated.
¾ Associated AP MAC Address - The MAC address of AP associated.
¾ Power Save Mode - The mode of power save; can be set as Maximum, Normal and Off.
¾ Current Signal Strength - The signal strength of wireless network.
¾ Current Noise Level - The noise level of the environment.
¾ Up Time - The duration time you have connected to the network.
¾ 802.11b Preamble - The type of message preamble.
¾ Current Receive Rate - The rate of receiving.
¾ Current Transmit Rate - The rate of transmitting.
¾ Control Channel - This shows the currently connected channel.
¾ Extension Channel - This shows the other channel connected when the wireless AP is set in
40MHz channel width.
¾ Control Frequency - This shows the frequency of Control Channel.
¾ Extension Channel - This shows the frequency of Extension Channel.
¾ Channel Width - The channel width of the wireless network, it can be 20MHz or 20-40MHz.
3.2 Profile Management
Click the Profile Management tab and the next screen will appear (shown in Figure 3-3). The
Profile Management screen provides tools to:
¾ Add a new profile
¾ Modify an existing profile
¾ Remove a profile
¾ Activate a profile
¾ Import a profile
¾ Export a profile