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Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility
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When฀you฀highlight฀a฀network฀name฀in฀the฀AP฀list฀by฀clicking฀on฀it฀
one฀time,฀the฀detailed฀information฀about฀that฀network฀will฀be฀available฀
here.฀You฀will฀see฀what฀type฀of฀network฀it฀is฀(Access฀Point฀or฀Peer-to-
Peer),฀what฀channel฀the฀network฀is฀operating฀on,฀status฀of฀encryption฀
(security)฀On฀or฀Off,฀and฀below฀“Surveyed฀at:”฀you฀will฀see฀the฀MAC฀
address฀of฀that฀wireless฀network.
How to connect to a wireless network in the Access Point (AP) list
There฀are฀two฀ways฀to฀connect฀to฀a฀network฀that฀appear฀in฀the฀AP฀list.
1. ฀ Highlight฀the฀network฀name฀by฀clicking฀on฀it฀one฀time,฀then฀click฀
the฀“Connect”฀button฀on฀the฀bottom฀of฀the฀window.
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2. Double฀click฀a฀network฀name฀that฀is฀in฀the฀AP฀list.฀This฀will฀
connect฀you฀to฀the฀network฀automatically.
Note:฀if฀the฀network฀you฀are฀attempting฀to฀connect฀to฀is฀using฀encryption,฀
you฀will฀be฀prompted฀to฀create฀a฀profile฀with฀the฀encryption฀settings.
How to update the Access Point (AP) list information
Pressing฀the฀“Refresh” (g)฀button฀will฀make฀the฀USB฀adapter฀scan฀the฀
“air”฀for฀available฀wireless฀networks.฀The฀list฀will฀be฀updated.
Profile Tab: Creating a Profile
Using฀Profiles฀allows฀you฀to฀save฀configurations฀for฀different฀wireless฀
networks.฀For฀instance,฀if฀you฀use฀your฀Adapter฀at฀your฀place฀of฀
work฀and฀also฀at฀your฀home,฀your฀wireless฀network฀settings฀may฀be฀
different฀for฀each฀location.฀Profiles฀let฀you฀store฀settings฀for฀each฀
location฀and฀name฀them฀for฀easy฀identification.฀You฀can฀quickly฀
change฀from฀one฀profile฀to฀another฀profile฀without฀having฀to฀remember฀
the฀particular฀settings฀of฀a฀certain฀network.