User's Manual

PHILIPS WLAN Configuration Utility & User Manual
PHILIPS COMPONENTS
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The fields in this menu provide the following information:
• State: shows the association state of your computer with the wireless
LAN. When operating in Access Point type, this field shows the MAC
address of the Access Point with which you are communicating. When
operating in Peer-to-Peer type, this field shows the virtual MAC
address used by computers participating in the Peer-to-Peer network.
• Current Channel: shows the channel on which the connection is made.
In Access Point type, this number changes as the radio scans the
available channels.
• Current Tx Rate: shows the highest transmit rate of the current
association.
• Throughput: shows the short term transmit and receive throughput in
bytes/second, and is continuously updated.
• Link Quality: is based on the quality of the received signal of the
Access Point beacon.
• Signal Strength: is based on the received signal strength
measurement of the baseband processor of the Beacon signal.
You can click the Rescan button to force the radio to rescan all available
channels. If your link quality or signal strength is poor, rescanning can be
used to push the radio off a weak Access Point and search for a better
link with another Access Point.
Radio On/Off button let you turn the wireless radio on or off.
4.4 About Tab
The About menu provides information on the version of the Network
Driver, the Configuration Utility, and the firmware in the PHILIPS WLAN
Interface card. In addition, this menu also provides the MAC address of
the PHILIPS WLAN card.