Compaq WL110, User Manual

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5-20 Monitoring your 11Mbps Wireless LAN Network
To do so, you can either:
— Use the
Print
button to print the information to paper that you will fax to
your authorized reseller together, or
— Press the keys and simultaneously to copy the contents of
this screen to the Windows clipboard, and paste the screen capture into
the e-mail that you will send to your authorized reseller.
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The field
Description
is the most important field of this screen. It allows you
to quickly determine whether the Access Point is running with the latest
embedded software, or might require an upgrade to support all the 11Mbps
Wireless LAN functionalities required.
The
Description
field of contains a set of strings to identify:
— The type of networking device (typically 11Mbps Wireless LAN Access
Point)
— The type and version of the embedded software that is loaded into this
Access Point. The value can be:
■ VX.xx
to identify software that supports Access Point services only
— The character string of the format
SN-xxUTxxxxxxxx
represents the unique
serial number of the Access Point.
— The last string of characters of the format
VX.xx
identify the version of
the Access Point hardware in its “processor module”.
When reporting a problem to your Technical support representative, always
include a completed problem report form. You can find this form in ASCII
text format (report.txt) on the Access Point software diskettes and the
Compaq 11Mbps Wireless LAN website.
Note: Updates for the embedded software of the Access Points are usually
released via the Compaq website at:
http://www.compaq.com/support/files/
networking/wlan/
, and with new releases on the software CDs.
You are advised to consult the Compaq website at regular intervals to
find out whether newer software is available for your Access Points.
Remote Link Test Window
The AP Manager remote link test enables you to investigate the radio link
between the Access Point of your choice (the “initiator station”) and a station
connected to the selected Access Point.
This station can be a wireless station connected to the selected Access Point.
Note: The remote link test works only in combination with Access Points.
The user-interface of the AP Manager Remote Link Test is very similar to the
Link Test of the Client Manager.
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