NETGEAR RangeMax WNDA3100 User Manual page 29

NETGEAR RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N USB Adapter WNDA3100 User Manual
2. Click the Networks tab to display the following screen:
You can click a column
heading to sort.
If many networks use
the same channel they
can interfere with each
other. (A) indicates a 5 GHz
network, and (G) indicates a
2.4 GHz network.
The status bar shows
your network connection
and Internet connection.
Figure 2-2
The following buttons are located at the bottom of the Networks tab:
• Help. Display online help.
• Find a Network. View networks and join a network. See
• Connect. Connect to the network that you selected.
• Scan. Check for wireless networks. Clicking Scan refreshes the screen.
• 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 is blank even though
the rest of the information is still displayed.
• Channel. The channel determines which operating frequency is used. In this column (A)
indicates a 5 GHz network, and (G) indicates a 2.4 GHz network.
• N. The access point supports wireless N mode.
• Security. Identifies whether the wireless network uses security settings such as
WPA2-PSK, WPA-PSK, or WEP.
• Signal. Identifies the signal strength of the communications.
• MAC Address. Identifies the hardware address (MAC address) of the wireless device
broadcasting this information.
v1.0, December 2007
"Finding a Network" on page 2-4.
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