TRUST SPEEDSHARE TURBO PRO WIRELESS PCI ADAPTER
Colour Status
Green
Connection with the network.
Yellow
Poor connection with the network. Low signal
or much interference.
White
No connection.
White
Driver not installed, product not present or
driver disabled in Windows.
Table 1: Network status indicator
Click on the icon
on the right-hand side of the taskbar. Figure 2 will appear
when there is no connection. During connection, it looks like figure 3. The window
that appears contains information about the PCI adapter and the connections made
with the network. The table below explains the terms used in figure 2 and 3.
Item Description
Status
Indicates which device the PCI adapter has a wireless
connection with.
SSID
The name of the network with which the connection has
been made.
Frequency
The central frequency used at the moment. Depends on the
channel number.
Wireless Mode
For the currently active connection: Ad-hoc (connected with
other computer) or Infrastructure (connected with Access
Point)
Encryption
Indicates what encryption is used.
Tx Rate
Connection speed of the network. This speed is chosen
dynamically, depending on the demand for bandwidth and
the signal strength.
Channel
The channel which is used by the product.
Link Quality
Quality of the connection. Depends on the signal strength
and if there are other signals in the area. Indicator only
works in Infrastructure networks.
Signal Strength
Signal strength. Indicator only works in Infrastructure
networks.
Data rate Transmit The current speed (in kbits/sec) of data being sent.
Date rate Receive
The current speed (in kbits/sec) of data being received.
Table 2: PCI adapter settings
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