User's Manual

Using Intel(R)PROSet/Wireless

Authentication Level

Displays the current authentication security mode for the profile being used.

Displays:

● None: No encryption used.

● Shared

● WPA-Enterprise

● WPA-Personal

● Unknown

Displays the 802.11 authentication used by the currently used profile. Displays the

802.1x authentication algorithm; MD5, LEAP, TLS, TTLS and PEAP. Refer to

Security Settings for more information.

Data Encryption

Displays: Yes, Normal (open or shared modes), WPA and WPA-PSK. Refer to

Security Settings for more information.

Access Points in this

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● Signal Strength: The Signal Quality icon bars indicate the strength of the

transmit and receive signals in percent values between your wireless adapter

and the nearest access point.

Indicates how well the wireless adapter is communicating with an access point

or another wireless computer in peer-to-peer mode. Signal Quality ranges

from Excellent to Out of Range.

● Displays a, b, or g. This icon indicates the band being used.

● Channel: Displays the current transmit and receive channel being used for a

particular wireless network.

● BSSID (Infrastructure operating mode): Displays the twelve digit MAC

address of the access points in the selected network.

Manage Exclusions

Refer to Manage Exclusions for more information.

Close page.

Help?

Displays the help information for this page..

Menus

Use the File, Tools, Profiles and Help menu options to configure your network settings.

Name Description

File

Exit: Close the Intel PROSet/Wireless main window.

To launch Intel PROSet/Wireless:

● Click Start > Programs > Intel PROSet Wireless > Intel PROSet Wireless.

● Right-click the task tray icon located in the lower right corner of your Windows

Desktop, and click the menu option Open Intel PROSet Wireless.

● Double-click the task tray icon to open Intel PROSet/Wireless.

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