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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.
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Open the on-line Broadcom AirForce™ 54g™ and Intensi-fi™ Wireless Network Adapter User Guide
(Help Files)
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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)
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Hide the utility icon (Hide Tray Icon)
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Disable or enable the radio (Disable/Enable Radio)
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Connect to any of the networks for which you have created a connection profile and are within
range (Connect To)
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Open the utility to the Wireless Networks tab (Open Utility)
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Open the utility to the Link Status tab to view information about the connection (Status)
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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:
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Use the utility to manage your wireless networks
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Add a network connection profile
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Edit or remove a network connection profile
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Change the order in which profiles are listed under Preferred network connections
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Connect to any listed network without changing its order in the list
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Disable or enable the radio (Disable/Enable Radio)
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Show or hide the utility icon in the notification area
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Choose which type of network to access
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Lock or unlock a preferred network connection profile
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Save your wireless network connection profiles as a WPN file
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Import a WPN file
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Manually add or delete trusted servers and enable the manual acceptance or rejection of auto-
provisioning and A-ID group changes
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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 .
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