28CHAPTER 3: CONFIGURING THE BRIDGE
Table 8 Connection Status Page (continued)
Current Channel | The channel over which the Bridge | Varies |
| is communicating with clients. |
|
Security | The type of security for which the | Open System |
| Bridge is configured. | (no security) |
Rx Data Rate (Mbps) | The most recent data reception | N/A |
| rate. |
|
Tx Data Rate (Mbps) | The most recent data transmission | N/A |
| rate. |
|
Link Quality | The normalized transmitted data | N/A |
| rate (that is, the current data rate |
|
| over the maximum data rate). |
|
| Note: Link Quality is shown in |
|
| Infrastructure mode only. |
|
Received Signal | The strength of the radio signal | N/A |
Strength | that the Bridge detects. |
|
| Note: Received Signal Strength is |
|
| shown in Infrastructure mode only. |
|
Activity (Packets Rx) | The number of packets the Bridge | N/A |
| has received. |
|
Activity (Packets Tx) | The number of packets the Bridge | N/A |
| has transmitted. |
|
IP Address | The IP address of the Bridge. | Varies |
|
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|
Clearing and
Applying System
Configuration
Settings
The pages in the Configuration Management System have two buttons: Clear and Apply.
■Clear returns the settings to the values they were when you last clicked Apply.
■Apply stores the settings permanently in the nonvolatile flash memory. After you click Apply, the new settings take effect and you can see the changes on the System Summary page.
CAUTION: Your changes are lost if you forget to click Apply before
