User's Manual

Winmate Communication Inc. User Guide Feb 12, 2001

If the card is associated to an AP, a message “Associated to AP with BSSID

xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx” will appear, where the 12 digit HEX number is the MAC address

of the AP. The signal strength will show up in the middle of the box as a blue bar. The

Successful and unsuccessful Tx and Rx frames also show up.

You can select the communication mode between Ad-hoc mode and Infrastructure

mode by click “change” button to make changes. In the Ad-hoc mode, for every

station participating in a Network the user must select the same channel and rate (1, 2,

5.5, or 11Mbps).

In the infrastructure mode, you do not need to specify the channel. Instead, you need

to configure the ESSID.

ESSID is used in the infrastructure mode to enroll the station to the AP. One can