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• Signal Strength: is based on the received signal strength measurement of the baseband
processor of the Beacon signal.
You can click the Radio Off button to turn off the wireless radio. When you click this button, the
State field indicates that the radio has been turned off and the remaining fields in this window
display either a zero or Not Applicable. Click this button again to turn the radio back on.
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.
4.2 Configuration Tab
The Configuration menu lets you specify the operating parameters for your Wireless LAN Interface
card. When you first start the Configuration Utility, this menu is displayed. If another menu is
displayed, you can display the Configuration options by clicking on its tab in the Configuration
Utility panel.
4.2.1 Setting the Profile
A profile is a named set of operating parameters for your Wireless LAN Interface card. The Profile
field lets you set values for all parameters by selecting a previously defined profile. Click the down
arrow at the right of the Profile field to display the available profiles for your Wireless LAN
Interface card.
You will always have at least one profile, named Default. Initially, this profile contains the
parameters configured at installation. You can modify this profile at any time after the installation.