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Chapter 3. Using The Utility
The Configuration & Monitor Utility is a powerful application that helps you to configure the
card and monitor the statistics of the communication link. Unlike the standard method of
configuring the card via the operating system utilities (e.g. Control Panel), this application
permits the dynamic modification of the configuration parameters while the card is
operating. It also offers some more configuration options. It appears as an icon on the
Windows system tray whenever the card is running (
see
Figure 3-1
). The icon can tell you
the received signal strength by four small green lights. You can open it by double-clicking
on this icon.
Figure 3-1.
The icon of the Configuration & Monitor Utility
3-1. Association Info
The “
Association Info
” tab shows you the current association information about the card’s
connection with a wireless network. In the middle of the screen, you can see transmit and
received signal strength for this card.
Figure 3-2.
Current link status of the wireless LAN card
If you want to turn off the card’s radio, click the radio icon at the bottom of the screen,
Fig
3-3
shows the result. Just click it again to turn on the radio. In order to exit, click the “
X
”
button at the bottom of the screen.