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Status
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The Status tab will show you the detailed status of the wireless net card.
State
This field is used to display the current state of the Wireless LAN Card. When the state is
“Associated “ means normal flow of operation in Infrastructure mode. The PC is connected
to access point. BSSID is shown in the form of hex digits. Networking is available. A state of
“Scanning ” means that the node is searching for available access point and unable detects
the SSID for an available access point within range. This field will also display an error
message if for some reason the driver failed to initialize.
Rescan
Pressing the rescan button causes the driver to restart and begin its Connection Procedure.
The connection procedure differs depending on the Mode of the driver.
Access Point Mode
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The driver will scan all available channels continuously until it finds
one or more Access Points that matches its SSID. At that point it will try and authenticate
and associate with the Access Point.
Point-to-Point Mode
- The driver will scan for 5 seconds looking for an existing Ad Hoc
networking the same SSID.
Current Channel and Tx Rate
Shows the channel of the radio and transmit rate are being currently used for an active
connection. This value has no meaning when the radio is “Scanning”
Throughput
