Wlan1500, Wireless pc lan card – ParkerVision WLAN1500 User Manual
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WLAN1500
Wireless PC LAN Card
®
4.3 AVAILABLE CONNECTIONS SECTION - Continued
The top-most section of the D2D Confi guration Dialog Box shows the available connections. The
available connections will be displayed from a scan performed when the software was started, or
when the scan button was clicked.
To begin using the WLAN1500 Wireless LAN Card immediately, highlight the desired available
connection and select CONNECT.
The following describes information found in the
AVAILABLE CONNECTIONS area of the
confi guration Dialog Box.
• SSID:
Identifi es the name of the network in use through the access point that
is being utilized.
• TYPE:
Indicates the operating mode of the ParkerVision-Wireless LAN Card.
These modes are AP (Access Point/Infrastructure) and Ad-Hoc. The
next section of the manual covers this in more detail.
• CHANNEL:
Indicates the wireless channel that is currently in use.
• SIGNAL:
Indicates the radio frequency signal strength.
• WEP:
Indicates the encryption status (security setting) of the device. If WEP
is off, there is no encryption. If it is on, settings options include 64-bit
and 128-bit WEP.
• LAST SCAN:
Gives the date and time stamp for the last successful scan.
• CONNECT:
Connects to the selected network.
• SCAN:
Performs a check to fi nd wireless channels available for connection.