Ma701 Wireless Connection Indicators - NETGEAR MA701 User Manual

User Guide for the NETGEAR 802.11b Wireless Compact Flash Card MA701

MA701 Wireless Connection Indicators

The NETGEAR 802.11b Wireless Compact Flash Card MA701 provides a LED and system tray
icons that show the status of your wireless connection: The LED is described in this table.
Table 4-1: LED Descriptions
LED
Slow blink Power save mode (default from power up or reset)
Associated or joined with network; no activity
Fast blink Associated or joined with network; blink rate increases with activity on the
network over the air or locally on the network
OFF No power applied to the card
The System Tray (SysTray) resides on one end of the taskbar in the Microsoft Windows desktop.
Color
Red
The wireless card has no
connection to any other
wireless node.
Yellow
The wireless PC Card has
a connection with another
wireless node.
Green
The wireless PC Card has
a connection with another
wireless node.
4-12
Condition
The wireless card is not able to link to any other
wireless node or the link is lost. Check your
configuration or try moving to a location where the
wireless signal quality is better.
The wireless link is weak. You may deed to move to a
better spot, such as closer to the wireless access point.
Also, look for possible interference such as a 2.4 GHz
cordless phone or large metal surface.
The wireless PC Card has established good
communication with an access point and the signal
quality is strong.
Meaning
Description
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