User's Manual

7 Utility Reference

This chapter explains all the indicators and controls in each of the Wireless Adapter Utility’s

panels. The panels are explained in the order in which the right arrow key takes you through them

when the program has just been started up:

Information, Configuration, Security, Site Survey,

Profiles, and About.

Note: The

Configuration and Security panels in the Profile and New Profile

dialog boxes contain all the same controls as those in the utility’s main window.

For information on these panels, see sections 7.2 and 7.3 in this chapter.

7.1 The Information Panel

The Information panel shows the adapter’s current connection status and the computer’s current

IP (Internet Protocol) address settings. The information shown is “read-only,” that is, this panel

does not let you directly change any settings.

Figure 14. The Information Panel

Status

display: When you are connected to a WLAN, the Status display consists of a box

showing the SSID and a box showing the BSSID. At other times, it consists of a single box

showing a status message such as “Not connected to network” or “Couldn’t communicate

with driver.”