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Figure 21 Site Survey

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 7 Site Survey

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Available Network

Click a column heading to sort the entries.

List

 

 

denotes that the wireless device is in infrastructure mode and the wireless

,

security is activated.

denotes that the wireless device is in infrastructure mode but the wireless

 

,

security is deactivated.

or

denotes that the wireless device is in Ad-Hoc mode and the wireless

 

security is activated.

 

denotes that the wireless device is in Ad-Hoc mode but the wireless

 

security is deactivated.

SSID

This field displays the SSID (Service Set IDentifier) of each wireless device.

 

 

Channel

This field displays the channel number used by each wireless device.

 

 

Signal

This field displays the signal strength of each wireless device.

 

 

Scan

Click Scan to search for available wireless devices within transmission range.

 

 

Connect

Click Connect to associate to the selected wireless device.

 

 

Site Information

Click an entry in the Available Network List table to display the information of the

 

selected wireless device.

Network Type

This field displays the network type (Infrastructure or Ad Hoc) of the wireless

 

device.

Network Mode

This field displays the wireless standard (802.11b, 802.11g or 802.11n) used by

 

the selected wireless device.

Channel

This field displays the channel number used by each wireless device.

 

 

Security

This field shows whether data encryption is activated (WEP, WPA, WPA-PSK,

 

WPA2, WPA2-PSK or 802.1x) or inactive (DISABLE).

MAC address

This field displays the MAC address of the wireless device.

 

 

Surveyed at

This field displays the time when the wireless device was scanned.

 

 

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