The Link Status Screen - ZyXEL Communications NWD2105 User Manual

Chapter 3 ZyXEL Utility - Mac OS X

3.6 The Link Status Screen

This screen allows you t o view t he st at us of t he NWD2105's wireless connect ion
wit h an AP or peer com put er.
Figure 14 ZyXEL Utility: Link Status
The following t able describes t he labels in t his screen.
Table 7 ZyXEL Utility: Link Status
LABEL
St at us
Current
Channel
Link Speed
( Mbps)
Throughput
( Kbps)
Link Qualit y
dBm form at
40
DESCRIPTION
This displays t he SSI D ( Service Set I Dent ifier) and MAC ( Media Access
Cont rol) address of t he access point or peer device t o which t he
NWD2105 is connect ed.
This displays t he channel num ber of t he current wireless connect ion, as
well as t he radio frequency of t he channel in m egahert z.
This displays t he m axim um possible dat a t ransm ission ( Tx ) and
recept ion ( Rx ) speeds of t he current connect ion in m egabit s per
second.
This displays t he act ual dat a t ransm ission ( Tx ) and recept ion ( Rx )
speeds of t he current connect ion in kilobit s per second.
This shows t he qualit y of t he wireless connect ion. This refers t o t he
percent age of packet s t ransm it t ed successfully. I f t here are t oo m any
wireless st at ions in a wireless net work, collisions m ay occur which could
result in a loss of m essages even t hough you have high signal st rengt h.
Select t his opt ion t o display t he Link Qualit y as a power rat io in decibels
( dBm ) rat her t han as a percent age.
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