NETGEAR MA311 manual Wlan Utility Parameter Modification, Status

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WLAN Utility Parameter Modification

Double-clicking on the wireless SysTray icon activates the wireless LAN configuration utility for the MA311 PCI Adapter. You can click on any of the folder tabs in the NETGEAR MA311 PCI Adapter Utility dialog box to modify the operational parameters.

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	Status
	Connected to	Indicates the SSID and MAC address of the associated access point when
		the MA311 PCI Adapter is configured in Infrastructure mode.
	Network mode	Indicates the network mode of the MA311 PCI Adapter (Infrastructure or
		802.11 Ad-hoc).
	Channel	Only valid in 802.11 Ad-hoc mode, this indicates the wireless channel
		currently in use.
	Transmit Rate	Indicates the data transfer rate between the wireless node and the device it
		is communicating with.
	Encryption	Indicates whether the encryption of this device is enable or disable.
	Data Transmitted/	Indicates the number of successfully Transmitted and Received packets.
	Received
	Signal Strength	Indicates the signal strength of the radio frequency signal received by this
		wireless node.

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