User's Manual

Profile Details
Item Description
Network Type The network type (Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc) for profile.
Authentication
The security method used to authenticate this client to the network for this
profile.
Encryption
The security method used to encrypt information transmitted and received by
this client using this profile.
Access Point
The BSSID for this profile. The Client Utility provides for association to a
specific Access Point within an SSID. NOTE: The selection of a specific AP
within an SSID (e.g. a BSSID) may prevent access to network-wide resources in
a mobile environment.
Auto Connect
The profile Auto Connect option is checked by default for each profile. To
disable this option, click the checkbox. When the Auto Connect option for a
profile is disabled (unchecked), the network (SSID) for this profile will not be
automatically scanned for nor connected with when the Client Utility is
launched.
Monitoring Network Status
Once a profile is activated and you are associated to the selected network, the Status tab presents
status of the connection and the Diagnostics tab shows performance, client health and client
software information.
Performance
Item Description
Transmit Rate
The rate at which data was last being transferred from this client adapter.
Beacons are always sent at 6 Mbps.
Receive Rate
The rate at which data was last being received from this client adapter. Beacons
are always received at 6 Mbps.
Transmitted
Packets
The cumulative number of packets of data transmitted since the driver was
loaded onto this client adapter.
Received
Packets
The cumulative number of packets of data received since the driver was loaded
onto this client adapter.
Signal Strength
The strength of the wireless connection in decibels per meter (dBm) where the
more negative the number, the higher the signal strength (power of the radio
signal).
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