NETGEAR user manual WG511U Wireless Connection Indicators, Interpreting the LED on the WG511U

User’s Manual for the NETGEAR Double 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card 32-bit CardBus WG511U

WG511U Wireless Connection Indicators

The NETGEAR Double 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card 32-bit CardBus WG511U provides the following three indicators which give you feedback on the status of your wireless connection:

•The two LEDs on the NETGEAR Double 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card 32-bit CardBus WG511U indicate the condition of wireless link.

•The color of the SysTray icon is on the System Tray portion of the taskbar in the Microsoft Windows desktop indicates the status of the connection.

Interpreting the LED on the WG511U

These LEDs are described in this table.

Table 3-3:	LED Descriptions
LED 1	LED 2
(below the	(below the	Meaning
word	word
NETGEAR	NETGEAR
on the left)	on the right)
Slow blink	OFF	Power save mode (default from power up or reset)
Alternate	Alternate	Looking for network association
blink	blink	Power LED goes ON; Network LED is OFF; then Power LED goes OFF
		and Network LED goes ON
Slow blink	Slow blink	Associated or joined with network; no activity
Fast blink	Fast blink	Associated or joined with network; blink rate increases with activity on the
		network over the air or locally on the network
OFF	OFF	No power applied to the card

3-12 Basic Setup

August 2004