User's Manual

3. CONFIGURATION
The Configuration & Monitor Utility is a powerful application that helps you to configuration the WLAN USB dongle
and monitor the statistics of the communication. Unlike the standard method of configuring the card via the operating
system utilities ( e.g. Control Panel), this application permits the dynamic modification of the configuration parameter
while the card is operating. It also offers some more configuration options.
3.1 Using the Configuration & Monitor Utility
The Configuration & Monitor Utility appears as an icon on the task bar of Windows every time the card is running
(see Figure 3-1). You can open it by double-clicking on this icon. While the station is in infrastructure mode and not
associated to an Access Point, the color of icon is red. As soon as the station associated itself to an Access Point ,
the icon color automatically turns to blue. In Ad-Hoc mode the color is always blue, except when the card is resetting
and initializing where it turns to red during the reset and initialization procedure.
Figure 3-1 The icon of the Configuration & Monitor Utility
When the application is opened the following options (tabs) are available:
 Status
 Statistics
 Site Survey
 Encryption
 Advanced
 Version
Status
A typical screen of the application in infrastructure mode is shown in Figure 3-2. The configuration parameters are
shown at the top of the screen (Operation Mode, Channel, SSID, TxRate, Int. Roaming and MAC Address of the
USB card). In the middle of the screen there is information about the status of the communication (the BSSID of
Access Point to which the card is associated, Signal Strength, and Link Quality). In order to change the
configuration parameters press the “Change” button, make your changes and then press “ Submit” in order to
save your changes.
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