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Using the Broadcom Wireless Utility: Broadcom AirForce™ 54g™ and Intensi-fi™ Wireless Network Adapter User Guide

Site Monitor 

Basic Site Monitor 

On the Site Monitor tab, the basic Site Monitor displays information about 

wireless routers/APs 

and 

ad hoc 

networks 

that are within range. To sort the list, click the column heading that shows the characteristic you 

want to sort by. For example, to sort by signal strength, click 

Signal

 . 

To view information about a particular wireless router/AP or ad hoc network, click anywhere in the row that 

lists the wireless router/AP or ad hoc network. The network information is shown under Selected Network. 

To view or change the network connection settings for a particular wireless router/AP or ad hoc network, 

right-click anywhere in the row that lists the wireless router/AP or ad hoc network, and then click 

Edit

—if 

you have not yet created a network connection profile for that particular wireless router/AP or ad hoc 

network and want to do so, click 

Add

 . 

To see the information elements for a listed AP or ad hoc network, right-click anywhere in the row that lists 

the AP or ad hoc network, and then click 

Show Information Elements

Summary of Contents for BCM943162ZP

Page 1: ...should know When you start your computer your Broadcom BCM943162ZP PCI E Mini card detects certain wireless networks that are within range Before you can connect to these and other wireless networks...

Page 2: ...Back to top...

Page 3: ...the utility and software hardware and location details about your wireless network adapter Information tab Manually add or delete trusted servers and enable the manual acceptance or rejection of auto...

Page 4: ...s order in the list Disable or enable the radio Disable Enable Radio Show or hide the utility icon in the notification area Choose which type of network to access Lock or unlock a preferred network co...

Page 5: ...e in the row that lists the network name and then click Lock or Unlock as appropriate NOTE You must have system or administrator rights to be able to lock or unlock a profile To save your wireless net...

Page 6: ...usted servers enable the manual acceptance or rejection of auto provisioning and A ID group changes or import or delete PACS as described in the following instructions In general you should use the de...

Page 7: ...once check box to auto provision a Protected Access Credential PAC only once To import or remove an EAP FAST PAC 1 Open Broadcom Wireless Utility 2 From the Wireless Networks tab click Options point...

Page 8: ...icated by the Broadcom Wireless Utility Icon for details To view the network name SSID speed signal strength rating connection status and the client IP address of the network connection move your mous...

Page 9: ...eceived See Troubleshooting for probable causes and suggested action The radio is disabled or switched off See Troubleshooting for suggested action Statistics On the Statistics tab under Current the f...

Page 10: ...P or ad hoc network click anywhere in the row that lists the wireless router AP or ad hoc network The network information is shown under Selected Network To view or change the network connection setti...

Page 11: ...nonbroadcasting APs to which you are not currently connected The symbols under AP Band indicate IEEE 802 11a IEEE 802 11b IEEE 802 11g or IEEE 802 11n operation To see more detailed information about...

Page 12: ...k name in the Look for box and then click Find To reset the site monitor to the broadcasting networks click Clear Diagnostics On the Diagnostics tab you can run a number of tests to determine if your...

Page 13: ...cting from current network Authentication mode being used Driver status Supplicant status New wireless device available Initializing wireless state machine Wireless utility is managing this adapter Wi...

Page 14: ...3 Right click the Bluetooth icon in the taskbar notification area system tray and click Start Using Bluetooth Follow the instructions provided by the Initial Bluetooth Configuration Wizard Glossary A...

Page 15: ...Regulatory Statements for BCM943162ZP Please refer to Broadcom OEM installation guide...

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