Using the Wireless Panel

The Wireless Panel is a software application that shows information about the communication status of the computer connected to the wireless network. Normally, the Wireless Panel runs in the background and only shows the radio signal condition by means of the signal level indicator on your Windows operating system taskbar. The main screen of the Wireless Panel contains more detailed information. When running under operating systems other than Windows XP, communication setup and network switching are also performed using the Wireless Panel.

Notes

•To use the Wireless Panel under the Windows 2000 operating system to modify communication settings, log on with a user account listed in “Administrators”. You cannot modify settings when logged on with any other account.

•On a computer running the Windows XP operating system, communication setup and network switching are not performed with the Wireless Panel but with built-in functions of the Windows XP operating system. However, the Wireless Panel can be used to check the communication status.

Opening the Wireless Panel

To open the Wireless Panel, proceed as follows.

Double-click the signal level indicator on your Windows operating system taskbar.

The Wireless Panel appears.

zHints

•For information on the signal level indicator, see “Checking the wireless signal strength” on page 29.

•When you move the mouse pointer over an item in the Wireless Panel screen, a short description of that item appears.

•For details about how to use Wireless Panel, refer to the Wireless Panel Help. For details about how to access Help, see page 10.

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