User's Manual Part 2

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Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Client Adapters Installation and Configuration Guide for Windows

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Appendix F Performing a Site Survey

Forcing the Client Adapter To Reassociate

The client adapter will attempt to maintain its association to an access point for as long as it can.

Therefore if you are on a fringe area while conducting a site survey, you may want to reinitialize (or

restart) the client adapter in an attempt to force it to disassociate from the access point to which it is

currently associated and reassociate to another access point.

Note Restarting the client adapter may cause you to lose your wireless network connection.

Follow the steps below to attempt to force the client adapter to disassociate from its current access point

and reassociate to another during a site survey.

Step 1 Click the Restart Card button on the bottom of the Site Survey screen.

Step 2 When prompted to confirm your decision, click Yes. The driver stops the client adapter’s radio, writes

the configuration (although no parameter settings have been changed), and restarts the radio.