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1716
Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility
1716
Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility
Access Point (AP) List Tab
To฀view฀a฀list฀of฀all฀available฀networks฀in฀your฀area,฀select฀the฀“AP฀
List”฀tab.฀In฀the฀window,฀you฀will฀be฀presented฀with฀a฀list฀showing฀you฀
the฀available฀networks.
(a) Network Name
This฀column฀shows฀you฀the฀name฀of฀the฀wireless฀network฀that฀is฀
available.฀On฀the฀left฀side฀of฀the฀network฀name฀are฀small฀icons฀which฀
tell฀you฀certain฀things฀about฀the฀network.฀A฀blue฀circle฀around฀the฀
network฀icon฀(e)฀indicates฀that฀you฀are฀currently฀connected฀to฀this฀
network.฀A฀small฀padlock฀(f)฀next฀to฀a฀network฀name฀indicates฀that฀
this฀network฀is฀secured฀(either฀by฀WEP฀or฀WPA฀encryption).฀It฀is฀not฀
possible฀to฀connect฀to฀a฀secured฀network฀without฀the฀proper฀network฀key.
(b) Band
This฀column฀shows฀you฀which฀band฀the฀network฀is฀operating฀on.฀“G”฀
indicates฀that฀this฀is฀802.11g฀based฀network.฀“B”฀indicates฀this฀is฀an฀
802.11b฀based฀network.
(c) Signal
This฀column฀indicates฀the฀signal฀strength฀of฀the฀wireless฀network.฀
Typically,฀the฀stronger฀the฀signal฀strength,฀the฀closer฀the฀network฀is฀to฀
your฀physical฀location.฀The฀lower฀the฀signal฀strength,฀the฀further฀away฀
from฀the฀network฀you฀are.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(e)
(d)
(f)
(g)