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1.8
Software Access Point Mode
The Hawking Wireless Utility offers a special feature that allows the HWU8DD to function as
a 802.11b or 802.11g software access point.
Figure 3-1
Open the Hawking Wireless Utility from the “Start Menu”. The menu page should load. To
change the mode to Soft AP, please select the option “
Access Point
” from the Mode drop
down menu, as shown in Figure 3-1.
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“
Network Adapter
” shows the available network adapters that can be chosen for
use in AP Mode.
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The clients that associate to the access points will have their MAC addresses
shown in the field of the “
Station MAC Address
”.
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The current status of the AP is shown in the “
current Network Setting
” field.
This field displays the
Current Channel information
, as well as the Access
Point’s
SSID
. The status of
WEP encryption
is displayed as disabled or enable d.
The
Tx power
level
is shown too (The function not available ).
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The
Tx Frame
shows how many frames have been transmitted by the soft AP.
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The
Rx Frame
shows how many frames have been received by the soft AP.
