User's Manual

Octopus Series Wireless LAN Card
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Status Tab
The Status menu displays information on the current status of your connection to the wireless LAN. You
can display this menu by choosing the Wireless Network Status... command from the pop-up menu, or
by clicking on the Status tab when the Configuration Utility is displayed on your desktop.
The fields in this menu provide the following information:
• State: shows the association state of your computer with the wireless LAN. Possible values for this
field are:
• AdHoc: The adapter is operating in Peer-to-Peer mode. This field also shows the virtual MAC
address used by computers participating in the AdHoc network.
• Associated: The adapter is operating in Infrastructure mode. This field also shows the MAC address
of the Access Point with which you are communicating.
• Listening: Indicates that the adapter is listening on all allowed channels, but has not yet found a
peer-to-peer or infrastructure network with which to associate.
• Stopped: The radio has been stopped by the Disable Radio Button.
• Scanning: The adapter is scanning for transmissions by other wireless adapters on all channels.
• 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.