Using the Sony Ericsson Wireless Utility
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Wireless Utility status icon
The quality of your wireless network connection is affected by a number of factors including the
following:
• The strength of your wireless networking signal.
• The level of noise created by other wireless signals in your home or office.
To view the status of your 802.11 wireless LAN connection
Move your mouse pointer over the Wireless Utility status icon
in the Windows system tray.
The client IP address, and the name, speed, signal strength, and status of your wireless network
connection is displayed.
Note:
On Windows XP you can also view the connection status and signal strength by moving your
mouse pointer over the Windows Wireless Network Connection icon
in the system tray.
The signal strength of the 802.11 radio is graphically indicated by the Wireless Utility status icon
that is displayed in the Windows system tray. The appearance of the icon indicates the strength
or weakness of the signal.
The following table describes how the different signal strengths are represented graphically:
Accessing the Wireless Utility status icon menu
Right-click on the Wireless Utility status icon
in the Windows system tray to access the
Sony Ericsson Wireless Utility
menu options.
Icon
Description
A fully green icon indicates that your Sony Ericsson PC card has made a wireless
LAN network connection and the signal strength is very good or excellent.
A partially green icon indicates that your Sony Ericsson PC card has made
a wireless LAN network connection and the signal is good or low.
Suggested action
: Move closer to the access point.
An unshaded icon indicates that wireless LAN radio transmitter is enabled,
but there is no signal being received.
Probable causes
:
No connection has been configured.
The computer is trying to establish an initial connection but has not yet succeeded.
You may have moved out of range of the access point.
Suggested actions
:
Wait.
Move closer to the access point.
An icon with a red “X” indicates that the radio is disabled.
Suggested action
: Enable the WLAN radio by right-clicking the icon and then
selecting
Enable Radio
.
