PW-DN523
300M Mini Wireless N USB Adapter
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Chapter 3 Configuration
300M Mini Wireless N USB Adapter PW-DN523 can be configured by REALTEK 11 n USB
Wireless LAN Utility. This chapter describes how to configure your 300M Mini 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.
