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4-5 Action Menu

The Action menu allows for enabling and disabling both the wireless radio and/or system

tray icon.

Figure 4-15

4-5-1 Enable/Disable Radio

There may be situations when the user wants to disable the AMBIT WLAN 802.11 a/b/g

device’s radio, so that the wireless device cannot send or receive any wireless traffic. If a

user is in an environment where there are no wireless networks, the user may turn off the

radio in order to minimize power consumption of the AMBIT WLAN 802.11 a/b/g

device.

In the ACTION menu of the ACU there is an Enable Radio/Disable Radio selection. The

choice provided in the menu will toggle the current state of the radio.

• Enable Radio:

The Radio is currently OFF (Disabled), and the “Enable Radio”

selection will turn ON the Radio of the wireless device.

• Disable Radio:

The Radio is currently ON (Enabled), and the “Disable Radio”

selection will turn OFF the Radio of the wireless device

The AMBIT WLAN 802.11 a/b/g device radio also may be disabled through an external

button located on your platform, please review your platform user’s guide for additional

information about the wireless enable/disable button

4-5-2 Enable/Disable Tray Icon

In the ACTION menu of the ACU there is an Enable Tray Icon/Disable tray Icon selection.

The choice provided in the menu will toggle the current state of the System tray Icon.

• Disable Tray Icon:

This will remove the tray icon from you system tray. The

system tray icon appears in the system tray again after system is restarted or if the

Atheros Client utility is opened again through Start\Programs\Atheros\ACU.