Technical information

Driver Version.......................................................................................................12
RF Chip Version....................................................................................................12
Antenna Calib .......................................................................................................12
Antenna Gain Diff ................................................................................................12
WiMAX Profiles.......................................................................................................... 13
Establishing Wi-Fi Connections ........................................................................... 15
Automatically connect to network in future .......................................................... 16
Prompt me before connecting to this network....................................................... 16
Save settings for manual connections ..................................................................... 16
Do not save settings ................................................................................................... 16
How to Access a Closed Network ........................................................................... 17
The List of WiFi Networks........................................................................................ 18
Connect ..................................................................................................................18
Preferred ................................................................................................................18
Network .................................................................................................................18
Mode.......................................................................................................................19
BSSID ......................................................................................................................19
Channel ..................................................................................................................19
AP Vendor .............................................................................................................19
Encryption .............................................................................................................19
Signal Strength ......................................................................................................19
Beacon Period........................................................................................................19
Supported Rates....................................................................................................20
Time First Seen......................................................................................................20
Time Last Seen ......................................................................................................20
Disabling Windows XP's Native WiFi Client......................................................... 21
Manually Disabling XP's WiFi Management....................................................21
Is this a problem on Windows Vista as Well? ..................................................21
Wi-Fi Network Security............................................................................................. 22
How to Access an Encrypted Network .............................................................22
What is an Encryption Key?................................................................................22
How to Change an Encryption Key ...................................................................22
Enabling 802.1x Authentication..........................................................................23
Establishing Ethernet Connections ..................................................................... 25
Vendor Description.................................................................................................... 25
MAC Address ............................................................................................................. 25
Driver Version ............................................................................................................ 25
Firmware Version....................................................................................................... 25
IP Address................................................................................................................... 26
Gateway....................................................................................................................... 26
DNS Server.................................................................................................................. 26
DHCP Server............................................................................................................... 26
WINS Server................................................................................................................ 26
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