User's Manual

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In “Scanning ” state, it means that the node cannot detect the SSID to an access point
within range and is searching for an available access point. Also, if the driver failed to
initiate for some unknown reasons, this field will display an error message.
- Network Adapter
You can see the current operation mode, Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc mode.
- Channel
This field shows the current radio channel, which is being used for an active
connection.
- Tx Rate
This field shows the current transmit rate, which is being used for an active connection.
- Security
This field tells if you have opened your WEP security.
- IP Address
The field shows the IP Address of the current Internet adapter.
- Signal Strength
The Signal Strength bar graph only becomes active, when the node is in Infrastructure
Mode. This bar graph shows normalized signal strength as reported by the radio,
averaged over all frames over 100 bytes long, which are received from the Access
Point.
Status information about the radio link is displayed in this tab. Detailed description
should be placed in this field.
- Link Quality
This field reveals the quality of the
current connection. Only when the
node is in Infrastructure Mode does
the Link Quality bar graph become
active. The bar graph displays the
link quality between the node and its
Access Point. Over the bar graph, a
label summarizes the quality of the
link. As a result, the Link Quality is a