User Manual

TwinMOS Laputa PCI
TwinMOS
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Link Tab
The Link Info Tab displays the current state of your wireless adapter.
The fields in this menu provide the following information:
State
Shows the association state of your computer with the wireless LAN. When operating in Infrastructure
mode, this field shows the MAC address of the Access Point with which you are communicating. When
operating in AdHoc mode, this field shows the virtual MAC address used by computers participating in
the AdHoc network. In both cases, the MAC address will be shown in hex format (BSSID.) If the word
scanning appears in this field, it indicates that networking has not been achieved. The adapter is
searching for an available Access Point, within range. (Note: If there is a problem with the driver
installation, this field will display an error message.)
Current Channel
Shows the channel on which the connection is made. In Infrastructure mode, this number changes as the
radio scans the available channels.
Current TX Rate
Shows the highest transmit rate of the current association.
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 active only when in Infrastructure Mode. The graph displays normalized signal strength averaged over
all frames that over 100 bytes long that are received by the Access Point.
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