User's Manual

Point (basic service set identification).
Station Status The operational status of the wireless
card:
AssociatedAssociated
The station is associated to the network.
AuthenticatedAuthenticated
The station has been authenticated by the
access point.
DisassociatedDisassociated
The station is not associated to the
network.
Channel/Frequency The channel and frequency the station is
using.
The WLAN Status screen also includes the Available APs and Ad Hoc Networks list, which describes the
available APs and ad hoc networks.
Double-click on a network name to connect an available network. If no configuration profile exists for that
network, double-click on the network name to create a configuration profile for that network.
Driver Information
The Driver Information tab of the Atheros Client Utility contains general information about the network
interface card (the wireless card) and the network driver interface specification (NDIS) driver. The
Driver Information tab does not require any configuration.
The following table describes the items found on the Driver Information screen.
Screen Item Description
Card Name The name of the wireless card.
MAC Address The MAC address of the wireless card.
Driver The driver name and path of the wireless
card driver.
Driver Version The version of the wireless card driver.
Driver Date The creation date of the wireless card
driver.
Statistics
The Statistics tab of the Atheros Client Utility contains receive and transmit statistics. The Link Status
tab does not require any configuration.
The Statistics tab lists uptime as well as the following receive and transmit statistics for frames received
by or transmitted by the wireless card:
Multicast frames transmitted and received
Broadcast frames transmitted and received
Unicast frames transmitted and received
Total bytes transmitted and received
Click the Advanced button to also show receive and transmit statistical information for the following
receive and transmit statistics for frames received by or transmitted to the wireless card: