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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)
(d) Site Information
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.
or
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.
Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility
Using the Belkin Wireless LAN Monitor Utility
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