User's Manual

Icon Description

Wireless Off: The radio is not associated to a network. Click the Wireless On

button to enable the radio.

The authentication process to connect to the network has not been started.

Searching for wireless networks: The wireless adapter is scanning for any

available wireless networks.

Animated Icons:

No wireless networks found: The adapter does not find any wireless networks.

Wireless network found: An available wireless network is found. You can choose

to connect to available networks displayed in the

Wireless Networks list.

Connecting to a wireless network. You are connecting to a wireless network.

The crescent shaped curves switch between green and white until an IP Address is

obtained or a connection error occurs.

Connected to a wireless network: You are connected to a wireless network.

The network name, speed, signal quality, and IP address display the current

connection status. Click the

Details button to display details of the current network

connection.

Network Name

Network Name (SSID): This is the name of the network that the adapter is

connected to. The Network Name SSID must be the same as the SSID of the

access point.

Signal Quality

The signal quality icon bars indicate the quality of the transmit and receive signals

between your wireless adapter and the nearest access point or computer in Device

to Device (ad hoc) mode. The number of vertical green bars indicates the strength

of the transmit and receive signals.

The signal quality ranges from excellent to out of range. The following factors

affect signal quality:

● Signal quality decreases with distance and is affected by metal and concrete

barriers.

● Metal objects can reflect signals and cause interference.

● Other electrical devices can cause interference.

Properties

Provides adapter connection status information. See Properties Button for

information.

Wireless On

(Off)

Switch the radio off and on. Refer to Turn Wireless On or Off for more information.

Help?

Provides help information for this page.

Closes the Intel PROSet/Wireless main window.