WLAN Configuration Utility

A wireless LAN configuration utility program is provided to give you information on your wireless network such as signal quality and link conditions, and to let you modify the various configurable wireless parameters.

WLAN Configuration Utility Installation

When running Windows 95/B or NT 4.0

1.Insert the MA101 USB adapter Resource CD into the CD-ROM drive. Windows will Auto-setup the utility.

2.The InstallShields Wizard opens. Click on “Next” to continue.

3.Click “Yes” on the Software License Agreement window to accept the agreement.

4.Click on “Browse” to change the destination location where the wireless LAN configuration utility is installed. Otherwise, click on “Next” to continue.

5.Modify the “Program Folders” field, if desired. Click on “Next” to continue. InstallShields starts copying files into your system.

6.And click on “Finish” to complete the installation.

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System Tray Applications

Note: The SysTray (System Tray) resides on one end of the taskbar in the Microsoft Windows desktop.

It displays interface icons for memory-resident applications that execute in the background continuously, such as the clock, speaker volume, and virus detection.

The wireless LAN configuration utility installation for the MA101 Wireless USB Adapter adds a status reporting and configuration utility icon in the SysTray. Once you have completed the installation, the Windows SysTray should show the following icon in different colors. This icon indicates different status condition depending on the operating mode of the MA101 Wireless USB Adapter.

Icon color

Ad-hoc mode

Infrastructure mode

 

 

Red

 

 

 

 

 

The wireless adapter is not able to link to any

 

 

 

 

 

 

access point or the link between the wireless

 

 

 

 

 

 

adapter and the access point is lost.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blue

The wireless

adapter

is

ready to

The wireless adapter has established good

 

communicate

or

has

successfully

communication with an access point and the

 

communicated

with

another

signal quality is strong.

 

wireless node.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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NETGEAR MA 101 manual Wlan Configuration Utility Installation, System Tray Applications