3Com 3CRDW696 manual Connections, Profile Setting

Link Quality—active when the node is in Infrastructure Mode. The bar graph displays the quality of the link between the node and Access Point. It summarizes the quality of the link over the bar graph, which can take on one of the following values:

“Poor”

“Fair”

“Good” “Very Good” “Excellent”

Signal Strength—active when the node is in Infrastructure Mode. The bar graph displays normalized signal strength as reported by the radio, averaged over all frames over 100 bytes long that are received from the Access Point.

Connections

The Connections Tab shows the current status of available APs or Ad-Hoc channels within the network.

You may select a profile or SSID from above the list, click “Connect” to connect with the AP.

Click “Refresh” to rescan the network with the site survey function. It detects and lists all available APs within the network.

Place a check mark in the field if you wish to Attempt Auto-connect to any network in range.

Profile Setting

Profile Setting allows users to create profiles for different network environments. Click the “New” button to create new profiles.