Currently connected access point.
(This icon indicates that the access point has data encryption disabled.)
Peer-to-peer netw ork w ith data encryption (WEP) enabled.
Peer-to-peer netw ork w ith data encryption (WEP) disabled.
Currently connected peer-to-peer netw ork.
(This icon indicates that the netw ork has data encryption [WEP] enabled.)
Currently connected peer-to-peer netw ork.
(This icon indicates that the netw ork has data encryption [WEP] disabled.)
"Ne tw ork Nam e (SSID)"
Displays the unique ID for each w ireless netw ork.
"Signal Le ve l"
Displays the signal level as a number.
"Channe l"
Displays the frequency and communication channel being used by the netw ork.
2.
Wire le s s ON/OFF
Note
These buttons are not displayed if you are using Wireless LAN PC Card PCWA-C500 or PCWA-C300S.
"802.11b/g" button (if us ing the PCWA-C700, this button is "802.11b")
Enables/disables 802.11b or 802.11b/g (2.4 GHz) w ireless.
The O mark is green w hen this function is enabled and gray w hen disabled.
"802.11a" button
Enables/disables 802.11a (5 GHz) w ireless.
The O mark is green w hen this function is enabled and gray w hen disabled.
3.
"Ope n Ne tw ork Conne ctions " button
Clicking this button opens the "Netw ork Connections" w indow , w here you can connect to w ireless netw orks.
4.
"Scan" button
Clicking this button starts a search for w ireless netw orks w ithin the communication range of your computer, and then updates the netw ork list.
Hint
You can configure some access points so that their netw ork names (SSID) are not displayed. Such access points are not displayed in the netw ork list. If you
w ant to connect to such an access point, consult your netw ork administrator for information about the netw ork name (SSID) and encryption key of the target
access point. Register these settings and connect to the access point. In this case, the netw ork name (SSID) of the access point appears in the netw ork list.
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