Interpreting System Tray Icon Colors
The SysTray (System Tray) resides on one end of the taskbar in the Microsoft Windows desktop. The wireless LAN configuration utility installation for the MA101 802.11b Wireless USB Adapter adds a configuration and status reporting utility icon in the SysTray.
Color | Condition | Description |
Red | The wireless USB adapter | The wireless USB adapter is not able to |
| has no connection to any | link to any access point or the link |
| other wireless node. | between the wireless USB adapter and the |
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| access point is lost. Check your |
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| configuration or try moving to a location |
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| where the wireless signal quality is better. |
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Yellow | The wireless USB adapter | The link condition between the Wireless |
| has a connection with | USB Adapter and the associated access |
| another wireless node. | point is weak. Try moving to another |
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| location where the wireless signal quality |
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| is better, such as closer to the wireless |
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| access point. Also, look for any possible |
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| sources of interference such as a 2.4 GHz |
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| cordless phone or a large metal surface. |
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Green | The wireless USB adapter | The Wireless USB Adapter has |
| has a connection with | established good communication with an |
| another wireless node. | access point and the signal quality is |
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| strong. |
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