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2.3 Wireless LAN Client Utility
Wireless LAN Client Utility is used to display or change the PC Card
information about link, configuration, encryption, and utility/driver/firmware
version information. The client utility will also help you with site selection.
The client utility will be installed automatically after installing the driver and
utility. A new icon should appear in your Icon tray. If the icon changes to red
icon, it means the wireless is disconnection.
After finishing installing the driver and utility, the client utility will
automatically be executed and show a small green radio icon at the right
corner of Taskbar whenever the PC Card is inserted into the PC Card slot
of your computer. Double-click the radio icon to open the Wireless LAN
Client Utility window as shown in Figure 2-5. You can click the taps on the
top of the windows to select various screen messages. Below we explain
the use and meanings of the various screen messages.
Figure 2-5
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1. Link Info
State
Shows status information about the radio link, as shown in Figure 2-5
Associated BSSID – means the wireless client is connected to an access
point. BSSID is shown in the form of six hex digits which is the MAC
address of the access point.
Scanning – means the wireless client is searching for an available access
point in infrastructure mode.
Disconnected – means there are no access points or other wireless clients
(if communicating in Ad-hoc mode), or the PC Card is unplugged in your
computer.
Current Tx Rate (Mbits/s)
The data speed that wireless client is transmitting.
Current Channel
The operation radio frequency channel that wireless client is using in
infrastructure mode. In infrastructure mode, wireless client will always go
the same channel as their Access Point.
Throughput (Bytes/sec)
Tx: shows the outgoing (sent) data speed.
Rx: shows the incoming (received) data speed.
Link Quality
The bar shows the measured signal level and connection status. The
higher blue bar is, the better is radio signal received by the PC card.
Signal Strength
The bar shows signal strength level. The higher blue bar is, the more
powerful radio signal is received by the PC Card.