User's Manual

Harmony Utility 25
• Station Address: This field displays the PCI Card’s physical address (also known
as MAC address). This address is configured at the factory.
• Channel (Freq): This field displays the current Channel and center frequency that
the PCI Card is using. See “Channel” on page 20 for details.
• Send Rate: This field reports the PCI Card’s current transmit rate.
• Receive Rate: This field reports the data rate at which the PCI Card is currently
receiving packets sent by another 802.11a device.
• Send Signal Strength: The Signal bar displays the signal strength for the last
acknowledgment (ACK) received by the PCI Card. Signal strength is reported in
decibels (dB). The color-coded chart below the Signal bar indicates the relative
strength of the signal: a signal in the red or orange section indicates a weak con-
nection; a signal in the yellow or light green section indicates a good connection;
a signal in the darker green section indicates an excellent connection.
• Instantaneous Packets/Sec Sent: This statistic displays the current rate at which
the PCI Card is transmitting packets to another 802.11a device. This information
is represented as the number of packets sent per second by the card and is plot-
ted on the graph located below the Packets/sec field. Note that this statistic will
remain zero unless the PCI Card is transmitting data to another 802.11a device.
• Average Packets/Sec Sent:
This statistic displays the average number of packets
transmitted by the PCI Card each second since the Configuration Utility was
launched.
• Receive Signal Strength: The Signal bar displays the signal strength for the last
packet received by the PCI Card. RSSI is reported in decibels (dB). The color-
coded chart below the Signal bar indicates the relative strength of the signal: a
signal in the red or orange section indicates a weak connection; a signal in the
yellow or light green section indicates a good connection; a signal in the darker
green section indicates an excellent connection.
• Instantaneous Packets/Sec Received: This statistic displays the current rate at
which the PCI Card is receiving packets from another 802.11a device. This infor-
mation is represented as the number of packets received per second by the card
and is plotted on the graph located below the Packets/sec field. Note that this
statistic will remain zero unless the PCI Card is receiving data from another
802.11a device.
• Average Packets/Sec Received:
This statistic displays the average number of
packets received by the PCI Card each second since the Configuration Utility was
launched.