User's Manual

7.5 The Profiles Panel

The Profiles panel lists existing profiles. The list is initially in order of creation, with the oldest

profiles at the top.

After you have created profiles for a number of WLANs, you will probably use this panel more

than any other. When you are within range of a WLAN that you have a profile for, just (1) start

the utility, (2) click the

Profiles tab, (3) double-click the profile, and (4) confirm that you want to

apply the profile and join the WLAN. As long as the WLAN’s settings have not changed, you

will be connected, and you can hide or shut down the utility and start using the network.

The Apply function is also available, along with others, when you “left-click” or “right-click” a

profile in the Profiles panel, as shown below.

Figure 18. The Profiles panel

Each profile occupies a single line in the listing. There are three columns of information:

Profile column: The profile name appears here.

SSID column: This column shows the SSID of the WLAN the profile is for.

WEP column: This column shows the status of Wired Equivalent Privacy encryption in the

profile: disabled, or set to 64, 128, or 256 bits.