Franklin U600 manual Device Tab, Troubleshooting Tools 113

Device Tab

The Device tab contains information about your current WiMAX Device (if any).

●MAC Address – The Hardware Address of the device. MAC (Media Access Control) addresses are pre-configured by the device's manufacturer and usually cannot be altered. These addresses are used for transferring data by hardware-level protocols such as Ethernet or WiMAX. Higher level protocols such as the TCP/IP Protocol Suite used by the Internet have their own addressing schemes, but still rely on the hardware-level protocol for the transfer of data between individual nodes on a network.

●Library Version – The version of the software interface of the device’s WiMAX chipset.

●Firmware Version – The version of your WiMAX device's onboard operating software.

●Driver Version – The version of the driver for the device that is currently installed on your computer.

●BaseBand Chip – The version of the chip in your WiMAX device that formulates the baseband WiMAX signal.

●RF Chip Version – The version of the chip in your WiMAX device that modulates and multiplexes the baseband WiMAX signal for RF transmission.

●Calibration Status – Indicates whether your WiMAX device has been calibrated.

●Antenna Calib – The Sprint SmartView software does not currently output this data.

●Antenna Gain Diff – The Sprint SmartView software does not currently output this data.

●Tx Power Offset – The Sprint SmartView software does not currently output this data.

●MAC Version – The Sprint SmartView software does not currently output this data.

●Advanced – Click to open the Advanced WiMAX Information window.

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