Revision: 0.1
CP-108 Wireless LAN Card User’s Manual
Date:01/15/2002
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The fields in this menu provide the f ollowing information:
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State
: shows the association state of your computer with the wireless LAN.
The above illustration shows that your computer is associated with an Access
Point and gives the Access Point’s MAC address.
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Current Channel
: shows the channel on which the connection is made. In
Infrastructure mode, this number changes as the radio scans the available
channels.
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Current Tx Rate
: shows the highest transmit rate of the current association.
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Throughput
: shows the short term transmit and receive thro ughput in
bytes/second continuously updated.
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Link Quality
: is based on the quality of the received signal of the Access Point
beacon.
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Signal Strength
: is based on the received signal strength measurement of the
baseband processor of the Beacon signal.
You can click the Rescan button to force the radio to rescan all available channels.
If your link quality or signal strength is poor, rescanning can be used to push the
radio off a weak Access Point and search for a better link with another Access
Point.
8. About Menu
The About menu provides information on the version of the Network Driver, the
Configuration Utility, and the firmware in the PRISM WLAN Interface card. In
addition, this menu also provides the MAC address of the PRISM card.
