NETGEAR Next 300 Mbps Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN121T User Manual
•Smart Wizard Status Bar: Clicking on the system tray icon opens the Smart Wizard. The status bar at the bottom of the page shows details about your wireless and Internet connection.
Icon Colors
The icon is on the desktop and in the Windows System Tray. The System Tray is located on one end of the taskbar in the Microsoft Windows desktop.
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Red | The VPN firewall has no | The Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter can not link to any other |
| connection to any other | wireless node or the link is lost. Check your configuration or |
| wireless node. | try moving to a location where the wireless signal quality is |
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Yellow | The VPN firewall has a | The wireless link is weak. You may need to move to a better |
| connection with another | spot, such as closer to the wireless access point. Also, look |
| wireless node. | for possible interference such as a 2.4 GHz cordless phone or |
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Green | The VPN firewall has a | The VPN firewall has established good communication with |
| connection with another | an access point and the signal quality is strong. |
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Smart Wizard Status Bar
The status bar is located at the bottom of the Settings page.
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Wireless network | Identifies which wireless network you have joined. | ||||||||
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Security | • Locked: security enabled. | ||||||||
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