These information displayed here are updated every second, and here are descriptions of every item:
Status | Displays the SSID and BSSID of connected wireless access point or wireless |
| device (displayed as SSID |
| active connection currently, ‘Disconnected’ will be displayed here. |
Extra Info | Displays the link status (‘Link is up’ or Link is down’, and the radio transmitting |
| power of your network card. |
Channel | Displays the radio channel being used now. |
Link Speed | Displays the link speed of data transmitting (Tx, in Mbps) and receiving (Rx, in |
| Mbps). Link speed is the maximum available data transfer speed of the wireless |
| connection, and depends on the radio signal quality of wireless connection. |
Throughput | Displays the rate of data transmitting (Tx, in Kbps) and receiving (Rx, in Kbps). |
Link Quality | Displays link quality (radio signal quality). When the link quality is better, the |
| wireless link speed will be better, too. Link quality is displayed by percentage and a |
| descriptive word (Good, normal, weak, and low). |
Signal Strength 1 | Displays the radio signal strength of |
Signal Strength 2 | Displays the radio signal strength of |
Noise Level | Displays the percentage or level of noise (unusable) signal. If the value of this item |
| is high, data transfer rate will drop. |
dBm | Check this box and the value of signal strength and noise level will be displayed in |
| dBm level instead of percentage. |
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There are several wireless statuses available at the bottom of this window.
For their explanations, please see chapter 3-3 ‘Glossary’.
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