Wireless LAN Monitor Utility

Checking Link Quality (Infrastructure Mode Only)

To check the link quality of the connection when in infrastructure mode, double-click the Wireless LAN Monitor icon on the taskbar to display the Wireless LAN Monitor Utility dialog box. Then click the Monitor tab. The connection status is shown at the bottom of the dialog box.

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If you are in ad hoc mode, the Signal Strength and Link Quality fields

are inactive.

 

 

 

 

Status

 

Indicates the Access Point your Gigaset USB Adapter 11 is associ-

 

 

ated with. If no Access Point is connected, current status, such as

 

 

scanning, authenticating, is displayed.

Signal Strength

Displayed as a percentage using active progress indicators that

 

 

change as the network radio signal fluctuates.

Link Quality

Link Quality categories are defined as follows:

 

 

Link Quality

Range (%)

 

 

Poor

0-29

 

 

Fair

30-59

 

 

Good

60-89

 

 

Excellent

90-100

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