Netgear MA301 MA301 Reference Manual - Page 17

System Tray Applications Note: The SysTray (System Tray) resides on one end of the taskbar in the Microsoft Windows desktop. It displays interface icons for memory-resident applications that execute in the background continuously, such as the clock, speaker volume, and virus detection. The wireless LAN configuration utility installation for the MA401 Wireless PC Card adds a status reporting and configuration utility icon in the SysTray. Once you have completed the installation, the Windows SysTray should show the following icon in different colors. This icon indicates different status condition depending on the operating mode of the MA401 Wireless PC Card. Icon color Red Yellow Green Ad-hoc mode The wireless adapter has not initiated communication with any other wireless node. Not applicable The wireless adapter has successfully communicated with another wireless node. Infrastructure mode The wireless adapter is not able to link to any access point or the link between the wireless adapter and the access point is lost. The link condition between the wireless adapter and the associated access point is weak. The wireless adapter has established good communication with an access point and the signal quality is strong. MA401 Parameter Modification Double-clicking on the wireless SysTray icon activates the wireless LAN configuration utility for the MA401 Wireless PC Card. You can click on any of the folder tab in the Wireless LAN configuration utility window to modify the operational parameters. . Status Status This field show the MAC address of the associated access point when the MA401 Wireless PC Card is configured in infrastructure mode, Current Channel The wireless channel in use, between 1 and 13. The number of wireless channels supported by the different countries may vary. Click on the Configuration folder tab if you want to fix the wireless node to use a particular wireless channel. Current Tx Rate The current transmit data rate of the wireless node. The possible configurations are 1Mbps, 2Mbps, 5.5Mbps and 11Mbps. In ad hoc mode, this field shows what the wireless node is configured to use. When in infrastructure mode, it shows the result of the transfer rate negotiated between the access point and the wireless node. 15