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1.8 Software Access Point Mode
The Hawking Wireless Utility offers a special feature that allows the HWU8DD to function as
a 802.11b or 802.11g software access point.
Figure 3-1
Open the Hawking Wireless Utility from the “Start Menu”. The menu page should load. To
change the mode to Soft AP, please select the option “ Access Point” from the Mode drop
down menu, as shown in Figure 3-1.
- “Network Adapter” shows the available network adapters that can be chosen for
use in AP Mode.
- The clients that associate to the access points will have their MAC addresses
shown in the field of the “Station MAC Address”.
- The current status of the AP is shown in the “current Network Setting” field.
This field displays the Current Channel information, as well as the Access
Point’s SSID. The status of WEP encryption is displayed as disabled or enabled.
The Tx power level is shown too (The function not available ).
- The Tx Frame shows how many frames have been transmitted by the soft AP.
- The Rx Frame shows how many frames have been received by the soft AP.