Asus A639 user manual Wi-Fi Status, There are four tabs in the Wi-Fi Manager

The Wi-Fi Manager

The Wi-Fi Manager shows connection status and information on a wireless network, and allows you to manually scan your area for available wireless networks.

To open Wi-Fi Manager:

•Tap > WLAN Setting. Or,

•Tap > Settings > Connections tab > Wi-Fi Manager.

There are four tabs in the Wi-Fi Manager:

Wi-Fi Status

This tab indicates whether Wi-Fi is currently connected, and shows information about the wireless connection. Specifically, the following information are displayed:

Status - shows the Wi-Fi connection status.

•Connected - the station is associated with one wireless LAN device. This status also indicates the MAC address of the device.

•Disconnected - a previous link existed but no beacon was received. The connection to the adapter is terminated.

ESSID - shows the Extended Service Set Indenfier (ESSID) to which the wireless device is connected. The text on this field is usually an unreadable alphanumeric string.

BSSID - shows the Basic Service Set ID (BSSID) to which the wireless device is connected. In ESS mode, this is the MAC address of the access point to which your device is connected.

BSS Mode - tells you whether the device is connected to an access point (Infrastructure mode) or to another wireless device (Ad-hoc mode).

Channel - shows the channel used by the wireless device. IP Address - shows the IP address of the wireless device.

Signal Strength - shows the signal strength level between the Wi-Fi device and the access point (or another wireless device) to which it is currently connected.

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