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3 Marvell Configuration Utility

Site Survey List

This window reports information on the Ad-hoc or access point (AP) stations detected.

802.11b

 

 

 

 

 

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AP Icon

 

 

 

 

 

 

802.11g AP Icon

Circle means connected

Ad-hoc

Network

 

 

Figure 39. Site Survey List

 

The list provides the following columns:

 

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“Network SSID” – the network SSID label; i.e., the network name. The network name is a

 

 

text string.

 

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“MAC Address” – the MAC address is a hardware address that uniquely identifies each

 

 

node of a network.

 

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“Security” – security enabled or disabled.

 

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“CH.” – displays the channel used by the detected device.

 

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“Signal” – displays the signal strength of the detected device as a percentage.

Icons

In addition, the following icons may be displayed at the left in the column “Network SSID”:

 

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An antenna icon with a subscript b indicates an 802.11b access point.

 

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An antenna icon with a subscript g indicates an 802.11g access point.

 

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A circle around the antenna icon means the adapter is connected to this network.

 

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A slash icon indicates an Ad-hoc network.