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Benq Wireless LAN
AWL300 USB Adapter User Manual
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SSID
Service Set Identity
Tx Rate
This field shows the current transmit rate which are being used for an active
connection.
Power Mgmt Mode
Power Management Mode – Active or Power Save
MAC Address
MAC Address of this USB Wireless LAN Adapter
Status
The current state of the driver is displayed in this field. If the state reveals
“Associated,“ it means that the normal flow of operation is in Infrastructure mode.
This shows that the PC is already connected to access point and BSSID is also shown
in the form of hex digits. At the same time, the networking is available for the device.
In “Scanning ” state, it means that the node can not detect the SSID to get an access
point within range and is searching for an available access point. Also, if the driver
failed to initialize for some unknown reasons, this field will display an error message.
Link Quality
This field reveals the quality of the current connection. Only when the node is in
Infrastructure Mode does the Link Quality bar graph become active. The bar graph
displays the link quality between the node and its Access Point.
Signal Strength
Only when the node is in Infrastructure Mode does the Signal Strength bar graph
become active. This bar graph shows normalized signal strength as reported by the
radio, averaged over all fr ames over 100 bytes long which are received from the
Access Point.