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Wireless N USB Adapter User Guide
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Chapter 3 Configuration
Wireless N USB Adapter M-WN823N can be configured by REALTEK 11 n USB Wireless LAN
Utility. This chapter describes how to configure your Wireless N USB Adapter for wireless
connectivity on your Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and use the data security encryption
features.
After Installing the Adapter, the Adapter’s tray icon
will appear in your system tray. It appears
at the bottom of the screen, and shows the signal strength using color and the received signal
strength indication (RSSI).
If
the icon is gray, there is no connection.
If the icon is red, there is poor signal strength.
If the icon is yellow, there is poor signal strength.
If the icon is green, there is good signal strength.
If the icon is green, there is excellent signal strength.
Double-click the icon and the REALTEK 11 n USB Wireless LAN Utility
will run. You can also run
the utility by clicking the
Start>Programs>REALTEK 11 n USB Wireless LAN Utility>
REALTEK 11 n USB Wireless LAN Utility.
The utility provides integrated and easy tool to:
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Display current status information
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Edit and add configuration profiles
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Display current statistics information
The sections below take Windows XP for example to introduce these above capabilities.
3.1 General Status
Choose the tab
General
as shown in Figure 3-1, the left filed displays the type of the adapter, the
right field displays the status about the connection, including Status, Speed, Type, SSID, Signal
Strength, Link Quality and other IP information.
