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Using the Broadcom Wireless Utility: Broadcom AirForce™ 54g™ and Intensi-fi™ Wireless Network Adapter User Guide

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Using the Broadcom Wireless Utility: Broadcom 

AirForce™ 54g™ and Intensi-fi™ Wireless Network 

Adapter User Guide

 

  

Overview

  

Utility Components

Overview

The Broadcom Wireless Utility enables you to do the following network tasks: 

     

Manage your wireless networks and create network connection profiles (

Wireless Networks

 tab) 

     

Connect to available networks (

utility icon

 in notification area) 

     

Get information about the network status and signal and noise of your network connection (

Link 

Status

 tab) 

     

View current and accumulated statistics (

Statistics

 tab) 

     

Find out which broadcasting networks are in range and search for nonbroadcasting networks (

Site 

Monitor

 tab) 

     

Run tests on the wireless network adapter (

Diagnostics

 tab) 

     

Get date and version information about the utility, and software, hardware, and location details 

about your wireless network adapter (

Information

 tab) 

     

Manually add or delete trusted servers and enable the manual acceptance or rejection of auto-

provisioning and A-ID group changes (

Wireless Networks

 tab) 

     

Manually import EAP-FAST PACs (

Wireless Networks

 tab) 

In the utility, you can open Wireless Network Wizard to connect to a basic network or create an ad hoc 

network, or you can open the Wireless Network Connection Settings tool to connect to an advanced 

network. To do any of the other tasks, click the tab that is associated with the described task. 

To start using the utility, right-click the utility icon 

 in the notification area, and then click 

Open Utility

If the icon is not available, open 

Broadcom Wireless Utility

 in Control Panel. 

 

NOTE:

 The utility icon may not appear exactly as shown here. See "

Table 1. Signal 

Strength Indicated by the Broadcom Wireless Utility Icon

." 

Utility Components

Utility components include the utility icon in the notification area, the six utility tabs, and Wireless Network 

Connection Settings. 

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Страница 1: ...should know When you start your computer your Broadcom BCM94313HMG2L PCI E Mini card detects certain wireless networks that are within range Before you can connect to these and other wireless networks...

Страница 2: ...Back to top...

Страница 3: ...on details about your wireless network adapter Information tab Manually add or delete trusted servers and enable the manual acceptance or rejection of auto provisioning and A ID group changes Wireless...

Страница 4: ...dio Disable Enable Radio Show or hide the utility icon in the notification area Choose which type of network to access Lock or unlock a preferred network connection profile Save your wireless network...

Страница 5: ...then click Lock or Unlock as appropriate NOTE You must have system or administrator rights to be able to lock or unlock a profile To save your wireless network connection profiles to a WPN file click...

Страница 6: ...r rejection of auto provisioning and A ID group changes or import or delete PACS as described in the following instructions In general you should use the default settings Therefore check with the netw...

Страница 7: ...d Access Credential PAC only once To import or remove an EAP FAST PAC 1 Open Broadcom Wireless Utility 2 From the Wireless Networks tab click Options point to Cisco Compatible Extensions and then clic...

Страница 8: ...for details To view the network name SSID speed signal strength rating connection status and the client IP address of the network connection move your mouse pointer over the utility icon NOTE On comp...

Страница 9: ...ses and suggested action The radio is disabled or switched off See Troubleshooting for suggested action Statistics On the Statistics tab under Current the following current statistics are shown Networ...

Страница 10: ...w that lists the wireless router AP or ad hoc network The network information is shown under Selected Network To view or change the network connection settings for a particular wireless router AP or a...

Страница 11: ...not currently connected The symbols under AP Band indicate IEEE 802 11b IEEE 802 11g or IEEE 802 11n operation To see more detailed information about a particular wireless router AP or ad hoc network...

Страница 12: ...nd To reset the site monitor to the broadcasting networks click Clear Diagnostics On the Diagnostics tab you can run a number of tests to determine if your wireless network adapter is functioning prop...

Страница 13: ...g used Driver status Supplicant status New wireless device available Initializing wireless state machine Wireless utility is managing this adapter Wireless utility is not managing this adapter If your...

Страница 14: ...ation Wireless Network Connection Settings The Wireless Network Connection Settings component is intended for use by advanced users or network administrators You can use Wireless Network Connection Se...

Страница 15: ...one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the distance between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment to outlet on a circuit different fro...

Страница 16: ...tible de compromettre le fonctionnement du dispositif To reduce potential radio interference to other users the antenna type and its gain should be so chosen that the equivalent isotropically radiated...

Страница 17: ...H I IRL IS L LT M MC N NL P PL RSM S SK SLO V Caution Exposure to Radio Frequency Radiation To comply with RF exposure compliance requirements for mobile configurations a separation distance of at lea...

Страница 18: ...ser shall not alter the frequency increase the power or change the characteristics and functions of the original design of the certified lower power frequency electric machinery Article 14 The applica...

Страница 19: ...ided by the distributors or PC OEM sales support in Brazil An official agreement stating warranty responsibilities must be signed and made available to Broadcom Interference statement to be included i...

Страница 20: ...Statement for BCM94313HMG2L Page 6 of 6 10 Japan MIC Radio devices using 5 25 5 35GHz bands are restricted to indoor use only 12 Taiwan NCC Taiwan NCC warning statement Appendix ID CCXXxxLPyyyZz CCXX...

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