Boston 8550i User Guide – © 2012 Belgravium Technologies Plc
(v.1.0
)
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Status Window
The Status window provides status information on the radio.
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Profile
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Status
– Down (not recognized), Disabled, Not Associated,
Associated, or [EAP type] Authenticated
·
Device Name
– Name, IP address, and MAC address
·
AP Name
– Name, IP address, MAC address, beacon period,
and DTIM interval
·
Connection info
– Channel, data rate, transmit power, signal
strength, and signal quality
Diags Window
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(Re)connect
– Disable and enable the radio, apply or
reapply the current profile, and attempt to associate and
authenticate to the wireless LAN, logging all activity in the
output area at the bottom.
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Release/Renew
– Obtain a new IP address through DHCP
release/renew and log all activity in the output area at the
bottom.
·
Start Ping/Stop Ping
– Start a continuous ping to the
address in the edit box next to it.
·
Diagnostics
– Attempt to (Re)connect to an AP, and provide
a more thorough dump of data than is
obtained with (Re)connect. The dump includes radio state,
profile settings, global settings, and a BSSID list of AP’s in the
area.
·
Save To...
– Save the diagnostics output to a file.
