User Manual

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6 Operation
This chapter explains how to establish wireless connections using your CardBus Enhanced
Wireless Network Adapter and the Wireless Adapter Utility. It is assumed here that —
•
you have completed installation of the adapter, driver, and utility;
•
you know how to start the utility, close and redisplay its window, and shut it down (see
section 5.2, “Controlling the Utility”); and
•
you are within range of at least one wireless device that is working and will accept a
connection from you.
Any wireless connection, even a connection to a single device, is treated in this chapter as a
connection to a wireless network. There is, in fact, no difference in the steps required to connect
wirelessly to a single device or a whole network, and a connection to a single device is in fact a
true network connection.
6.1 The Utility’s Panels
The utility has three panels:
Information
,
Settings
, and
About
. Illustrations and brief
explanations of these panels are given below.
6.1.1 The Information Panel
The
Information
panel shows information about any active wireless link and the settings of four
important wireless networking controls. The figure below shows the usual appearance of this
panel the first time you start the utility up.