User's Manual

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Note: Choose the Wireless Network Status command from the right-click menu of PRISM Configuration
Utility tray icon will launch this tab too.
Figure 4.3-2: The Status Tab
Note: The texts before ”PRISM Wireless Settings” in the caption bar of the dialog box is the profile name of the
current connection. Thus, the caption contexts vary according to the connectivity at the given time. Take the
picture above for example; the associated profile is named “Wireless”.
From the window, the general information on the status of currently connected entry is presented. You
may want to click the
Rescan
button to reinitiate the scanning process and update the status. Later the
result of scanning will be renewed and displayed in the window afterwards. If you wish to stop the
networking connection, click the
Disable Radio
button to stop scanning. However, if you are already in
the disabled radio mode, you will find the
Enable Radio
button here instead. Click
Enable Radio
to
regain the link then.
State
Here displays the MAC Address of the current associated entry, which could be a connected access
point in the Infrastructure mode or computers joining in the Ad-Hoc network.
Current Tx Rate
This feature indicates the transmission rate of the current connection.
Current Channel
Here reveals the current channel operated in the wireless network. Note that the channel number
differs as the radio scans any available channels in the Infrastructure mode.
Throughout (bytes/sec)
This feature indicates the rates of transmitting (
Tx
) and receiving (
Rx
) data package of your USB
module within a short period of time; thus, the values vary on a time basis.