User Manual Part 3

5 - 4 Dolphin® 9500/9550 Mobile Computer User’s Guide
Configuring WLAN Communications
To open the configuration utility for the 802.11b radio, click Start > Settings > System tab> HHP WLAN Settings .
The Settings window opens to the Status tab, which displays the current WLAN settings for 802.11b.
Status tab
Fields
Current Channel Shows the RF channel currently used by the card.
Current TX Rate Shows the current transmit rate. This can be 1Mb/s, 2Mb/s, 5.5Mb/s, or 11 Mb/s.
Link Quality Gives signal to noise ratio in both percentage and graphical display.
Strength Gives signal strength of the receiver in both percentage and graphical display.
Station IP Info IP Address - IP address of the radio. Check with your network administrator for IP configuration
information.
BSS ID/IBSS ID Shows the Network Name and the MAC address of the access point the card is associated with in the
AP mode. Or it shows the Network Name and the MAC address of the creator of IBSS which the card
is joined into in the Peer-to-Peer (Ad-Hoc) mode.
Operation buttons
Disable/Enable Radio Click this button in toggle to disable/enable the radio link from the card.
Rescan Click this button to start a rescan process to search for an AP with stronger signal in the network.
Renew IP Click this button to reapply IP address from DHCP server when automatic DHCP is enabled.