User's Manual

- 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.

- Hardware Radio Switch OFF:

The radio has been disabled by moving the hardware radio

switch to the off position. Note that not all adapters have a hardware switch.

• Current Tx Rate: shows the current transmit rate of the current association.

•

Current Channel:

shows the channel on which the connection is made. In Infrastructure mode,

this number changes as the radio scans the available channels.

• 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

Disable Radio button to turn off the wireless radio. When you click this

button, the

State field indicates that the radio has been stopped and the remaining fields

in this window display either a zero or

Not Applicable. Click this button again to turn the

radio back on. However, if the radio has been disabled by the hardware switch on the

adapter, clicking this button displays a popup message telling you that the radio cannot

be enabled.

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.

To apply the information you entered in this menu or any other menu and save it in the

current profile, click the Apply button. Clicking this button leaves the utility open on

your desktop.

To discard any changes you made since you last clicked the Apply button, click the

Cancel button. Clicking the

OK button saves any changes you made to the current

profile. Clicking either the

Cancel or OK button also closes the utility.

4.2 Configuration Menu

The Configuration menu lets you specify the operating parameters for your PRISM

WLAN Interface adapter. You can display this menu by choosing the

Advanced

Configuration ...

command from the pop-up menu, or by clicking on the

Configuration

tab

when the Configuration Utility is displayed on your desktop.