User's Manual

Wireless LAN CardBus Card
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Chapter
7
Settings
7.1 Status Menu
The Status menu displays information on the current status of your connection to
the wireless LAN. You can display this menu by choosing the Wireless Network
Status... command from the pop-up menu, or by clicking on the Status tab when
the Configuration Utility is displayed on your desktop.
The fields in this menu provide the following information:
• State: shows the association state of your computer with the wireless LAN.
Possible values for this field are:
• AdHoc: The adapter is operating in Peer-to-Peer mode. This field also shows the
virtual MAC address used by computers participating in the AdHoc network.
• Associated: The adapter is operating in Infrastructure mode. This field also shows
the MAC address of the Access Point with which you are communicating.
• Listening: Indicates that the adapter is listening on all allowed channels, but has
not yet found a peer-to-peer or infrastructure network with which to associate.
• Stopped: the Disable Radio Button has stopped the radio.
• Scanning: The adapter is scanning for transmissions by other wireless adapters on
all channels.
• Associating: The adapter is in the process of associating with a network
• Not Associated: The adapter has not found any network with which to associate.