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

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Indicated Received Signal Strength

 

 

The signal strength is 

very good

 or 

excellent

 

The signal strength is 

weak

. See 

Troubleshooting

 for suggested action. 

 

No signal

 is being received. See 

Troubleshooting

 for probable causes 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:

     

Network name (SSID)

     

Connection time

     

Packets sent

     

Packets received

     

Sent packets lost

     

Received packets lost

     

Total packets lost (%) 

Under Accumulated, the following accumulated statistics are shown:

     

Packets sent

     

Packets received

     

Sent packets lost

     

Received packets lost

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Содержание BCM943602CS

Страница 1: ...u should know When you start your computer your Broadcom BCM943602CS PCI E Mini card detects certain wireless networks that are within range Before you can connect to these and other wireless networks you must configure a profile for each network using the information you obtained from your network administrator WEP is a security protocol for wireless local area networks defined in the IEEE 802 11...

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Страница 3: ...ion 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 Wir...

Страница 4: ...adio 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 connection profiles as a WPN file Import a WPN file Manually add or delete trusted servers and enable the manual acceptance or rejection of auto provisioning and A ID group changes Manually import EA...

Страница 5: ...d 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 the Options arrow and then click Export see Saving Preferred Network Connection Settings to a File in Connecting to an Advanced Network Using the Broadcom Wireless Utility To import a WPN file click...

Страница 6: ...or 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 network administrator before you make any changes To manually add a trusted server to the trust list 1 Open Broadcom Wireless Utility 2 From the Wireless Networks tab click Options point to Cisco Compati...

Страница 7: ...ed 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 click Manage PACs 3 To import a PAC in Protected Access Credentials click Add and then follow the on screen instructions NOTE The PAC is password protected so you must know the password to be able to imp...

Страница 8: ...n 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 computers running Windows XP you also can view the SSID speed signal strength rating and connection status by moving your mouse pointer over the Windows Wireless Network Connection icon in the notificati...

Страница 9: ...uses 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 Network name SSID Connection time Packets sent Packets received Sent packets lost Received packets lost Total packets lost Under Accumulated the following accumulated statistics are shown Packets sent Pack...

Страница 10: ...ow 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 ad hoc network right click anywhere in the row that lists the wireless router AP or ad hoc network and then click Edit if you have not yet created a network connection profile for that particular wire...

Страница 11: ...urrently connected The symbols under AP Band indicate IEEE 802 11a 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 click anywhere in the row that lists the wireless router AP or ad hoc network and then click Advanced Advanced Site Monitor To save the activity log to a file click the Options arrow and then ...

Страница 12: ...ind 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 properly Select the tests you want to run and then click Run For information about an individual test look under Information before you click Run To see the test results look under Information after you ...

Страница 13: ...ng 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 Broadcom 802 11 Network Adapter fails any of the diagnostics tests go to http www broadcom com for technical support Information file P User 20Manuals WLANCard UM302_LaLa HTML utility htm 11 of 12 4...

Страница 14: ...cation 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 Settings to create a connection profile for an advanced infrastructure network a basic infrastructure network or an ad hoc network see Connecting to an Advanced Network Using the Broadcom Wireless Util...

Страница 15: ...hat the Bluetooth USB Module is properly inserted inside your computer If you started at Step 1 Installing the Software The Found New Hardware Wizard detects and installs the device When the installation is finished you are ready to begin using the Bluetooth features of this computer If you skipped Step 1 Installing the Software you are ready to begin using the Bluetooth features of this computer ...

Страница 16: ...Regulatory Statements for BCM94360CS Please refer to Broadcom OEM installation guide ...

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