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

Utility Icon

To do any of the following tasks or operations, right-click the utility icon, and then click the appropriate 

item. 

     

Open the on-line Broadcom AirForce™ 54g™ and Intensi-fi™ Wireless Network Adapter User Guide 

(Help Files) 

     

Open About WLAN Card Utility to view links to Broadcom and Broadcom Customer Support websites 

and to view the version and date of the utility (About) 

     

Hide the utility icon (Hide Tray Icon) 

     

Disable or enable the radio (Disable/Enable Radio) 

     

Connect to any of the networks for which you have created a connection profile and are within 

range (Connect To) 

     

Open the utility to the Wireless Networks tab (Open Utility) 

     

Open the utility to the Link Status tab to view information about the connection (Status) 

     

Display a log of your wireless network events (Display Log) 

Wireless Networks Tab

The 

Wireless Networks

 tab has tools that enable you to do the following: 

     

Use the utility to manage your wireless networks 

     

Add a network connection profile 

     

Edit or remove a network connection profile 

     

Change the order in which profiles are listed under 

Preferred network connections

 

     

Connect to any listed network without changing its 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 connection profile 

     

Save your wireless network connection profiles as a 

WPN

 file 

     

Import a WPN file 

     

Manually add or delete trusted servers and enable the manual acceptance or rejection of auto-

provisioning and A-ID group changes 

     

Manually import EAP-FAST PACS 

On the 

Add

 menu, you can use either the wireless network wizard that is available from Broadcom 

Wireless Utility (see 

Connecting to a Basic Network or Creating an Ad Hoc Network Using the Wireless 

Network Wizard

") or the utility (see "

Connecting to an Advanced Network Using the Broadcom Wireless 

Utility

") to add a network connection profile.

To use the utility to manage your wireless networks, select the 

Let this tool manage your wireless 

networks

 check box. 

To add a network connection profile, click the 

Add

 arrow, and then click either 

Use Wizard (basic 

network)

 or 

Use Utility (advanced network)

To edit or remove a network connection profile, right-click the network name, and then click either 

Edit

 or 

Remove

To change the order in which profiles are listed under 

Preferred network connections

, click the network 

name, and then click either the up arrow or down arrow. 

To connect to any listed network without changing its order in the list, right-click the network name, and 

then click 

Connect

Summary of Contents for BCM943228HMB

Page 1: ... should know When you start your computer your Broadcom BCM943228HMB PCI E Mini card detects certain wireless networks that are within range Before you can connect to these and other wireless networks you must configure a profile for each network using the information you obtained from your network administrator WEP is a security protocol for wireless local area networks defined in the IEEE 802 11...

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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 provisioning and A ID group changes Wireless Networks tab Manually import EAP FAST PACs Wireless Networks tab In the utility you can open Wireless Network Wizard to connect to a basic network or crea...

Page 4: ...ts 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 connection profile Save your wireless network connection profiles as a WPN file Import a WPN file Manually add or delete trusted servers and enable the manual acceptance or rejection of auto provisioni...

Page 5: ...re 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 network connection profiles to a WPN file click the Options arrow and then click Export see Saving Preferred Network Connection Settings to a File in Connecting to an Advanced Network Using the Broadcom...

Page 6: ...rusted 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 default settings Therefore check with the network administrator before you make any changes To manually add a trusted server to the trust list 1 Open Broadcom Wireless Utility 2 From the Wireless Netwo...

Page 7: ...y 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 to Cisco Compatible Extensions and then click Manage PACs 3 To import a PAC in Protected Access Credentials click Add and then follow the on screen instructions NOTE The PAC is password protected so ...

Page 8: ...dicated 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 mouse pointer over the utility icon NOTE On computers running Windows XP you also can view the SSID speed signal strength rating and connection status by moving your mouse pointer over the Windows Wirele...

Page 9: ...received 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 following current statistics are shown Network name SSID Connection time Packets sent Packets received Sent packets lost Received packets lost Total packets lost Under Accumulated the following accumu...

Page 10: ...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...

Page 11: ...g 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 a particular wireless router AP or ad hoc network click anywhere in the row that lists the wireless router AP or ad hoc network and then click Advanced Advanced Site Monitor To save the activity log...

Page 12: ...rk 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 wireless network adapter is functioning properly Select the tests you want to run and then click Run For information about an individual test look under Information before you click Run To see the te...

Page 13: ...ecting 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 Wireless utility is not managing this adapter If your Broadcom 802 11 Network Adapter fails any of the diagnostics tests go to http www broadcom com for technical support ...

Page 14: ...hat the Bluetooth USB Module is properly inserted inside your computer If you started at Step 1 Installing the Software The Found New Hardware Wizard detects and installs the device When the installation is finished you are ready to begin using the Bluetooth features of this computer If you skipped Step 1 Installing the Software you are ready to begin using the Bluetooth features of this computer ...

Page 15: ...Regulatory Statements for BCM943227HMB Please refer to Broadcom OEM installation guide ...

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