Hand Held Products 9550 - Manual (Page 112)

7 - 4 Dolphin® 9500/9550 Mobile Computer User’s Guide
Config Tab
The Config tab provides a list of all access points and peer stations in range. Its configuration tool enables you to create and edit
SSID profiles for access points that you want your station to associate with.
Preferred Profiles A list of preferred profiles for access points (AP) in the network created by the user, or added from
the Active SSIDs table is located at the top of the Config window. When the radio is turned on, it
searches for the APs with which to associate in the order of the listed profiles. For each profile in the
table, one can make changes by using the icon tools at top of the table: New, Edit, Delete, Up, and
Down (
- the access point the radio is associated with in AP mode, or - the creator of IBSS into which
the radio is joined in peer-to-peer (Ad-Hoc) mode. on page 7-2). This table is blank after the initial
HHP software installation. It can be kept blank with no automatic association preference.
Active SSIDs The Active SSIDs table lists all access points or peer stations (creator of IBSS) in the vicinity of the
host. It displays only those SSIDs that accept broadcast associations.
Each record displays information in the following six fields (The screen may not display all the fields
in the following table. Use horizontal scroll bar to check all):
Apply Tap Apply to associate your station with the SSID you selected.
This SSID can be either from the Preferred Profile table or from the Active SSIDs list. When applied,
the Status tab window displays the status of the wireless connection. If the association failed, a
search for another AP in the Preferred Profile list automatically takes place, and the radio attempts to
associate with the station, in order of preference.
Refresh Tap Refresh to start a new search for all available access points or peer stations in the vicinity.
Column This column displays…
SSID The Network Name of the access point or peer station. An icon with signal
strength is also shown.
Signal Strength in percentage for that SSID.
Mode
An icon shows whether it is an access point , or a peer station .
Channel
The channel it uses and the WEP method it applies, if any. The icon
stands for WEP Key-On, and for WEP Key-Off.
SupRate Supported data rate of the access point or the peer station.
BSSID (MAC Addr) BSSID or MAC Address of the access point or the peer station.