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Installation and User Guide: Wireless LAN Client Adapter 15
Using the Compact View
The compact view displays summary information about current communications between your PC
and the access point. When you start the Client Utility, the compact view opens in text mode
(Figure 6).
Figure 6: Client Utility Compact View, Text Mode
The Signal icon on the left changes color according to current received signal strength: green if
signal strength is good, yellow if it is of lower quality, and red if there is no active signal. The
Received Signal Strength bar chart displays a history of this information for the past 60 seconds.
Text mode lists the network profile currently in use, the name of the access point to which your
Wireless LAN Client Adapter is connected, and the name of the wireless network. It also gives a
text description of the current received signal strength: excellent, acceptable, or blank if there is no
signal.
The compact view also has a graphical mode, which opens when you click the Display Mode icon
(Figure 7).
Figure 7: Client Utility Compact View, Graphical Mode
Use the graphical mode at any time to obtain a snapshot of the signal strength to your Wireless
LAN Client Adapter.
The More arrow opens the expanded view. When the expanded view is open, the arrow is labeled
Less. Click Less to return to the compact view.
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Connection Information
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Received Signal Strength chart
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