User's Manual

miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card

4.3 AVAILABLE CONNECTIONS SECTION - Continued

The top-most section of the D2D Conﬁ guration Dialog Box shows the available connections. The

available connections will be displayed from a scan performed when the software was started, or

when the scan button was clicked.

To begin using the ParkerVision miniPCI1500 Wireless PC LAN Card immediately, highlight the

desired available connection and select CONNECT.

The following describes information found in the AVAILABLE CONNECTIONS area of the

conﬁ guration Dialog Box.

• SSID: Identiﬁ es the name of the network in use through the access point that

is being utilized.

• TYPE: Indicates the operating mode of the ParkerVision miniPCI1500

Wireless PC LAN Card. These modes are AP (Access Point/

Infrastructure) and Ad-Hoc. The next section of the manual covers

this in more detail.

• CHANNEL: Indicates the wireless channel that is currently in use.

• SIGNAL: Indicates the radio frequency signal strength.

• WEP: Indicates the encryption status (security setting) of the device. If WEP

is off, there is no encryption. If it is on, settings options include 64-bit

and 128-bit WEP.

• LAST SCAN: Gives the date and time stamp for the last successful scan.

• CONNECT: Connects to the selected network.

• SCAN: Performs a check to ﬁ nd wireless channels available for connection.