User Manual

Getting Started:
In order to connect to a network, do the following:
1) In the Available Networks Window the currently available networks are displayed. In order to connect to a specific
network – select the appropriate raw (will be highlighted as a result)
2) Click on the
Connect button (another option is to double click the appropriate raw). After doing so, the CU
will attempt associating with the chosen network. If there are no available networks on the available networks
window, you can choose to rescan for currently available networks by pressing the Rescan button.
After choosing a network, a basic connection data will be displayed on the screen. See Displayed data section for details.
If no network is available or refreshing the available networks list is desired – click on the Rescan button.
Displayed data:
Status – can be one the following:
• Driver not loaded – driver not installed or not inserted.
• Disconnected from network – disconnected from current configured SSID.
• Connecting to network – while in the process of connecting.
• Connected to network – connected to current configured SSID.
• Scanning network – scanning network for available SSIDs.
• Not connected to network – sidle status
Current configuration - provides read-only status information of the current active connection.
• Pref: SSID - Preferred Service Set Identifier.
• BSS Type - Basic Service Set Type.
• BSSID - Basic Service Set Identifier.
• Channe - the channel number through which we are connected.
• Tx Rate - current rate used for transmitting frames.
For more information,
see section 3.2.1
Signal quality – displays the Received Signal Strength Indication as a percentage bar.
Tx Rate Rx Rate displays instantaneous transmit and receive rates, in a graphical format. These
values are being refreshed every second.
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