IBM 19K4543 manual Viewing wireless link quality, Viewing and modifying PC Card settings

Viewing wireless link quality

You can use the Client Manager icon on the Windows taskbar to verify the link quality of your network connection.

An overview of all possible icons is provided in the following table.

Icon	Description	Color
	Excellent radio connection	Green
	Good radio connection	Green
	Marginal radio connection:	Yellow
	Move closer to the High-Rate Wireless LAN Access Point or
	to the base station.
	Poor radio connection:	Red
	Save your files and move closer to the access point or the
	base station.
	No radio connection:	Red
	You have moved out of range of the network or the Client
	Manager is looking for an initial connection.
	Peer-to-Peer network connection	Blank

Viewing and modifying PC Card settings

If you want to view or modify High-Rate Wireless LAN parameters, do the following:

1.Use the right mouse button to click the Client Manager icon on the Windows taskbar.

2.Select Configuration Profile.

3.Select Add/Edit Profile to add a new profile or to modify an existing profile, or select One of the existing profiles (if available) to select a profile without viewing or modifying the settings.

After selecting another profile, or modifying the existing one, the PC Card uses the selected profile to connect to the wireless network.

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