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z Not Associated: The adapter has not found any network with which to associate.
Connection Type - The type of wireless network with which you are associated; either Infrastructure
(communicating with an Access Point/Broadband Router) or AdHoc (communicating directly with one or
more computers).
Network Name (SSID) - The name, or Service Set Identifier, of the network with which you are
communicating. For an AdHoc network, this is the MAC address of the computer which established the
network.
AP MAC Address - The MAC address of the Access Point in an Infrastructure network.
Frequency - The radio frequency (RF) used to communicate with the network.
Privacy - This indicates whether any security measures are enabled for this connection. You specify
security measures when you configure your connection through the Wireless Networks tab.
Signal Strength - This sliding graph indicates the composite strength of the RF signal received from the
network.
Signal (dBM) - The absolute strength (in decibels) of the RF signal received from the network.
Noise (dBM) - The absolute strength (in decibels) of the background noise received from the network.
SNR (db) - The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), in decibels, of the signal received from the network.
Client MAC Address - The MAC address of your adapter.
Client IP Address - The Internet Protocol (IP) address of your adapter.
The second section of this window provides cumulative counters of the activity on your connection to the
wireless network. The counts of packets transmitted and received, and the current speed of your
connection, are continuously updated while this window is displayed.
At the bottom of the Link Status menu are three buttons. Clicking the OK button applies any changes
you made in this or any of the other menus of the Configuration Utility and closes the utility. Clicking the
Cancel button cancels any changes you made since you last clicked the Apply but does not close the
utility. Clicking the Apply button saves any changes you made in this or any of the other menus of the
utility and leaves the utility open.
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