Signal Strength Icon; Turning Off The Radio; Minimum Setup - Motorola MC2100 User Manual

Signal Strength Icon

The Signal Strength icon in the task tray indicates the mobile computer's wireless signal strength as follows:
Signal Strength Icons Descriptions
Table 5-2
Icon
Excellent signal strength
Very good signal strength
Good signal strength
Fair signal strength
Poor signal strength
Out-of-network range (not
associated)
The WLAN radio is disabled.
None The Wireless Launcher
application was exited.

Turning Off the Radio

Radio Radio
To turn off the WLAN radio tap the Signal Strength icon on the task tray and select Disable Radio. A red X ff the WLAN radio tap ff the WLAN radio tap
appears across the icon indicating that the radio is disabled (off). rs across the icon ind across the icon ind
To turn the radio back on, tap the Signal Strength icon on the task tray and select Enable Radio. The red X o turn the radio back o o turn the radio b
disappears from the icon indicating that the radio is enabled (on). disappears from the disappears from the

Minimum Setup

Set Set
Below is a list of the minimum effort to achieve a wireless connection. Note that there are many discrete
nuances that may affect the performance of your wireless connection that might be missed if you do not
consider them carefully.
You will need to create a profile. It is recommended that you read the profile editor chapter.
Find out from your IT administrator what the connection settings should be (Extended Service Set Identifier
1.
(ESSID), Enterprise or Personal, authentication type, tunnel type, certificate requirements, Protected
Access Credentials (PAC) requirements). Note that not all of the items listed may be relevant.
Create the profile using the information provided by the IT administrator.
2.
Status
WLAN network is ready to use.
WLAN network is ready to use.
WLAN network is ready to use.
WLAN network is ready to use. Notify the network administrator
that the signal strength is only "Fair".
WLAN network is ready to use. Performance may not be
optimum. Notify the network administrator that the signal
strength is "Poor". ength is "Poor".
No WLAN network c No WLAN network connection. Notify the network administrator. No WLAN network
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from th from the Wireless Applications menu. from the
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