Netgear WN111-100NAS WN111v1 User Manual - Page 29

NETGEAR RangeMax Next Wireless USB 2.0 Adapter WN111 User Manual 2. Click the Networks tab. The Networks screen displays: You can click a column heading to sort. If many networks use the same channel they can interfere with each other. The Status bar shows your network connection and Internet connection. Figure 2-2 The buttons located at the bottom of the Networks tab are: • Help. Displays utility help contents. • Join a Network. View networks and join a network. See "Joining a Network" on page 2-4. • Connect. Connect to the network that you selected. • Scan. Check for wireless networks. Clicking Scan refreshes the page. • Close. Close the window of the Wizard. The screen shows the following information for each network scanned: • Network Name (SSID). The name assigned to a wireless network. This is the same as the SSID or ESSID configuration parameter. Note that as a security measure, some wireless access points do not broadcast their SSID. In such cases, the SSID field will be blank even though the rest of the information will still be displayed. • Channel. The channel determines which operating frequency will be used. • N. The access point supports wireless N mode. • WPS. The access point supports WPS. • Security. Identifies whether the wireless network uses security settings such as WEP, WPA2-PSK, or WPA-PSK. • Signal. Identifies the signal strength of the communications. 2-3 v1.0, December 2007