Wireless LAN
User's manual 11Mbps Wireless LAN CF Card
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4.1 Link Info
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State
This field is used to display the current state of the driver. When the state is “Associated “ means
normal flow of operation in Infrastructure mode. The PC is connected to access point. BSSID is
shown in the form of hex digits. Networking is available.
A state of “Scanning ” means that the node is searching for available access point and unable
detects the SSID for an available access point within range.
This field will also display an error message if for some reason the driver failed to initialize.
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Rescan
Pressing the rescan button causes the driver to restart and begin its Connection Procedure. The
connection procedure differs depending on the Mode of the driver.
Infrastructure
Mode - The driver will scan all available channels continuously until it finds one or
more Access Points that matches its SS ID. At that point it will try and authenticate and
associate with the Access Point.
802.11Ad Hoc
Mode - The driver will scan for 5 seconds looking for an existing Ad Hoc network
using the same SS ID.
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Current Channel and Tx Rate
Shows the channel of the radio and transmit rate are being currently used for an active connection.
This value has no meaning when the radio is “Scanning”
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Throughput
These two fields display the instantaneous wireless Receive and Transmit throughput displayed in
bytes per second. These values are updated every two seconds.
