User's Manual

Chapter 4 Wireless Utility and Configuration
The following sections describe the Wireless Network Configuration Utility.
This utility provides quick access and friendly interface to configure the card setup.
4-1 Windows 98/2000 Wireless Utility
After installation is completed, a Wireless LAN Utility icon will appear in
Desktop screen. Click it, then you will see the screen below. If you cannot find the
icon, you can select “Start” ->”Program”-> ireless LAN Configuration Utility” Icon.
Card Status
You can see the AP information that your card connected. In this page you also can
find which channel and TX rate is used now, and Firmware Version , MAC Address
and Frequency Domain.
ESSID: An acronym for Extended Service Set Identifier, ESSID is the unique name
shared among all clients and Access Points in a wireless network. The ESSID must be
identical for all clients or Access Points participating in the same network. The ESSID
is case sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters. Press ‘Scan’ it will scan the
specific ESSID that your profile set. If your profile set the ESSID to be ANY, then
while you press ‘Scan’, it will scan AP in the nearby area and choose the stronger one.
From Link Quality and Signal Strength, you can tell the wireless transmission quality.
Card Configuration