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WLAN1500 Wireless PC LAN Card

4.3 AVAILABLE CONNECTIONS SECTION - Continued

The top-most section of the D2D Confi guration Dialog Box shows the available connections. The available connections will be displayed from a scan performed when the software was started, or when the scan button was clicked.

To begin using the WLAN1500 Wireless LAN Card immediately, highlight the desired available connection and select CONNECT.

The following describes information found in the AVAILABLE CONNECTIONS area of the confi guration Dialog Box.

• SSID:Identifi es the name of the network in use through the access point that is being utilized.

•TYPE:Indicates the operating mode of the ParkerVision-Wireless LAN Card. These modes are AP (Access Point/Infrastructure) and Ad-Hoc. The next section of the manual covers this in more detail.

•CHANNEL: Indicates the wireless channel that is currently in use.

•SIGNAL: Indicates the radio frequency signal strength.

•WEP:Indicates the encryption status (security setting) of the device. If WEP is off, there is no encryption. If it is on, settings options include 64-bit and 128-bit WEP.

•LAST SCAN: Gives the date and time stamp for the last successful scan.

•CONNECT: Connects to the selected network.

•SCAN:Performs a check to fi nd wireless channels available for connection.