Symbol Technologies VC5090 - Manual (Page 79)

Wireless Applications 4 - 3
Find WLANs Application
Use the
Find WLANs
application to discover available networks in the vicinity of the user and mobile computer.
To open the
Find WLANs
application, tap the
Signal Strength
icon -
Find WLANs
. The
Find WLANs
window
displays.
Figure 4-2 Find WLANs Window
The
Find WLANs
list displays:
•
WLAN Networks - Available wireless networks with icons that indicate signal strength and encryption
type. The signal strength and encryption icons are described in Table 4-1 and Table 4-3 .
•
Network Type - Type of network.
•
Channel - Channel on which the AP is transmitting.
•
Signal Strength - The signal strength of the signal from the AP.
NOTE
Find WLAN display is limited to 32 items (ESSIDs or MAC addresses). A combination of up to 32
ESSIDs/APs may be displayed.
Manually enter valid ESSIDs not displayed in the Find WLANs window. See
Figure 4-3 on page
4-4
.
Table 4-2 Signal Strength Icon
Icon Description
Excellent signal
Very good signal
Good signal
Fair signal
Poor signal
Out of range or no signal