Installation Guide

Wireless LAN Utility
Using the Wireless LAN Utility 3-3
Table 3-2 WLAN Utility: WLAN Status
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Device Select an available wireless card from the drop-down list menu if you have more than
one wireless cards in your computer.
Re-Connect
Click Re-Connect to re-establish connection to the wireless device whose SSID is
shown in the Current Service Set Identifier field.
Current Channel This field displays the radio channel the WLAN Adapter is currently using.
Current Transfer
Rate
This field displays the current transmission rate of the WLAN Adapter in megabits per
second.
Current Service
Set Identifier
This field displays the name of the wireless device to which the WLAN Adapter is
associated.
Tx/Rx Frame
Transmitted This field displays the number of data frames transmitted.
Received This field displays the number of data frames received.
Link Quality The status bar and the percentage number show the quality of the signal.
Link Strength The status bar and the percentage number or a number in dBm show the strength of the
signal.
Percent/dBm
Click this button to display either percentages in the Link Quality and Link Strength
fields or a number in dBm in the Link Strength field.
3.2.1 Common Screen Command Buttons
The following table describes common command buttons on all WLAN Utility screens.
Table 3-3 Common Screen Command Buttons
BUTTON DESCRIPTION
OK
Click OK to save all changes and close the WLAN Utility.
Cancel
Click Cancel to discard changes and close the WLAN Utility.
Help
Click Help to display the on-line help window.
3.3 The About Screen
The About screen displays related version numbers of the WLAN Adapter. You may click Help to view
related help topics.