Asus A636, 632 manual Status, BSS Mode, Encryption, Signal Strength

Status

This field 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

This field 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

This field 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

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

Encryption

This field tells you whether or not the wireless network uses data encryption.

Signal Strength

This field 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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