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The Status Tab
In the
PRISM Wireless Settings
dialog box, click the
Status
tab, and you will see the following
display. Here presents the status of your current connection. To close the window, click
OK
.
Note:
Choosing the
Wireless Network Status
command from the right-click menu of Wireless 11Mbps
Configuration Tool tray icon will launch this tab too.
Figure 4.3-2: The
Status
Tab
Note:
The texts before ”
PRISM Wireless Settings
” in the caption bar of the dialog box is the profile name of
the current connection. Thus, the caption contexts vary according to the connectivity at the given time. From
the above picture, the associated profile is named “
Default
”.
From the window, the general information on the status of currently connected entry is presented.
You may want to click the
Rescan
button to reinitiate the scanning process and update the status.
Later the result of scanning will be renewed and displayed in the window. If you wish to stop the
networking connection, click the
Disable Radio
button to stop scanning. However, if you are already
in the disabled radio mode, you will find the
Enable Radio
button here instead. Click
Enable Radio
to regain the link then.
State
Here displays the MAC Address of the current associated entry, which could be a connected
access point in the Infrastructure mode or computers joining in the Ad-Hoc network.
Current Tx Rate
This feature indicates the transmission rate of the current connection.
Current Channel
Here reveals the current channel operated in the wireless network. Note that the channel number
differs as the radio scans any available channels in the Infrastructure mode.
