Rescan | Only used in infrastructure mode, click on this button to allow the wireless |
| node to start scanning the wireless channels for an access point again. |
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Throughput (Bytes/sec) Tx | The current transmit data transfer rate of the wireless node. |
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Throughput (Bytes/sec) Rx | The current receive data transfer rate of the wireless node. |
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Signal Strength | Signal Strength indicates the signal strength of the radio frequency signal |
| received by the wireless node. |
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Link Quality | Link Quality indicates how well that the wireless node is communicating |
| with the associated access point or another wireless node. |
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Configuration
Network Mode | Configurable between 802.11 |
| 802.11 ad hoc mode, the wireless nodes form their own local network where the |
| end nodes communicate |
| higher data throughput than 802.11 ad hoc mode; but it does not use beacon or |
| authentication. |
| Note: When in 802.11 |
| will not be available. |
| In infrastructure mode, the wireless searches all available wireless channels to |
| associate with an access point. |
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SSID | Enter a |
| case sensitive. When the wireless node is operating in ad hoc mode, this field |
| operates as the basic service set ID (BSS ID). All wireless nodes in the same |
| network should use the same BSS ID. |
| When in infrastructure mode, this field defines the extended service set ID (ESS |
| ID). The ESS ID assigned to the wireless node is required to match the access |
| point ESS ID for the wireless node to communicate with the access point. |
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Tx Rate | The Tx Rate field allows you to define the data transfer rate. The default value is |
| Fully Automatic. In this case, the best transfer rate is negotiated between the |
| wireless node and the device it is communicating with. This could be another |
| wireless node or an access point. Other possible values for this field are 1Mbps, |
| 2Mbps, 5.5Mbps, and 11Mbps. |
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PS Mode | Power saving mode. This enables the wireless node to control its wireless power |
| consumption. The two possible settings are Enable and Disable. |
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Channel | Only valid in |
| infrastructure mode, the wireless node automatically searches through all |
| available wireless channels for an access point to be associated with. It is not |
| necessary to select the wireless channel when operating in infrastructure mode. |
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