User's Manual

-29-
participating in the Ad-Hoc network.
 Current Channel: Shows the channel on which the connection is made.
 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: Based on the quality of the received signal of the Access Point beacon.
There are 5 states of link quality:
100%~80%: Excellent link.
80%~60%: Good link quality.
60%~40%: Fair link quality.
Under 40%: Poor or no connection.
 Signal Strength: Based on the received signal strength measurement of the baseband
processor of the Beacon signal. Same as link quality, there are 5
states of signal strength:
100%~80%: Excellent signal strength.
80%~60%: Good signal strength.
60%~40%: Fair signal strength.
Under 40%: Poor or no signal strength.
You can click 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 to search for a better link with another Access Point.
4-2-2 Site Survey
By clicking the Rescan button, the Site Survey can display Access Points around the working
environment. Besides showing the ESSID of each Access Point, it also displays BSSID,
Channel, Network Type, Encryption, Signal and Rates. To join any of the displayed Access
Points, highlight the Access Point you desire to connect and then click on the Join button to
associate to the AP.