User's Manual
8.
V
IEWING
TH
E
STATUS
Using
the
status
menu
The
Status
menu
enables
you
to
view
the
status
of
all
the
PWG-500
’s
confi
guration
settings
at
a
single
glan
ce.
To
view
the
PWG-
500’s
status,
press
Menu/Select
and
then
select
St
atus
.
A
list
of
the
configuratio
n
settings
is disp
layed
.
Scroll
to
th
e
required
settin
g
and
press
Men
u
/
Select
to
view
the
status
of
the
setting.
The
following
settings
are
d
i
splayed:
•
GSM
Strength:
displays
strength
o
f
GSM
sign
al.
•
Wi-
F
i
St
atus
:
displays
th
e
status
of
the
Wi-Fi
n
e
t-
work.
•
Ch
annel:
displays
current
Wi-Fi
channel.
Wi-Fi
is
avai
lable
in
variou
s
freque
ncy
band
s
and
in
differ-
ent
channel
s
.
•
Transfer
Rate:
Displays
th
e
rate
o
f
d
a
ta
t
r
an
sfer.
•
SS
I
D
:
Displays
the
SSID
or
identification
tag
of
the
device.
This
is
null
when
you
are
not
connected
to
a
Wi-Fi
network.
A
unique
SSID
or
tag
is
requ
ired
for
identifying
the
device
in
Wi-Fi
networks.
•
Wi-
F
i
St
reng
th
:
Displays
the
strength
of
the
Wi-Fi
si
gnal.
•
Link
Quality:
Displays
the
quality
of
the
link.
•
Netw
ork
Mode:
Displays
th
e
networking
mode.
•
Enc
Status:
Displays
the
wireless
encryption
sta-
tus.
If
this
is
Open
,
it
means
that
the
connection
is
not
encrypted
and
is
open
to
all
persons
a
ccessing
it.
If
it
is
Closed
,
it
means
that
the
e
n
cryption
has
been
e
nabled
to
pre
vent
unauthorized
users
from
accessing
the
network.
•
Device
MAC
Addr:
Displays
the
MAC
address
of the
PWG-50
0.
•
AP
MAC
Address:
D
i
splays
the
MAC
address
of
the
access
point
in
the
wireless
network.
View
ing
t
h
e
St
atu
s
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