Site Survey

The Site Survey window displays the available networks within the wireless LAN adapter range and the following network settings:

BSSID - The IEEE MAC address of the available wireless networks.

SSID - SSID (service set identifier) of the network.

CH - Direct sequence channel used by the network.

RSSI - Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) in dBm.

Type - wireless network mode. AP indicates an Infrastructure network type. STA indicates an Ad-hoc network type.

WEP - shows whether a network has an enabled (On) or disabled (Off) WEP encryption.

Select an available network and click Connect to establish connection. Click Search to rescan available networks.

About

Click the About icon to view the software version, driver version, and copyright information.

Link State

Displays the current connection status of the wireless LAN adapter to the AP or to other Wi-Fi devices. An icon represents the Link State for easy identification. Refer to the table below for icon indications.

Table of Icon Indications

Excellent link quality (Infrastructure)

Not linked (Infrastructure)

 

 

Good link quality (Infrastructure)

Linked (Ad-hoc)

 

 

Fair link quality (Infrastructure)

Not linked (Ad-hoc)

 

 

Poor link quality (Infrastructure)

Soft AP mode

 

 

ASUS DiGiMatrix

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