Smart Wizard Status Bar - NETGEAR WG511T User Manual

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Smart Wizard Status Bar

Click the WG511T icon. The Smart Wizard Settings page opens. The status bar is located at the
bottom of the Settings page.
Wireless
network
Find a Network
Figure 1-7
The following table describes how to interpret the Smart Wizard status bar.
Understanding the Status Bar
Wireless network
Security
Channel
Throughput
Signal strength
Find a Network
Connection
status
If you right-click in the system tray icon, you can disable the Internet notification feature by
clearing check mark. If you do so, then only the IP address is shown.
Figure 1-8
1-8
Channel
Security
Connection status
Identifies which wireless network you have joined.
Locked: security enabled.
Unlocked: security not enabled.
The wireless channel used by the network. If many wireless networks in your
area use the same channel they can interfere with one another.
Wireless throughput measured in Mega bits per second.
More dots indicates a stronger signal. Usually, you will experience higher
throughput when the signal is strongest.
Click Find a Network to open the Connection Wizard.
Identifies the status of your network connection.
• Connected to Internet: Wireless Internet connection is OK.
• Connected to Router: Wireless connection to the router is OK but the router
is not connected to the Internet.
• 169.254.x.x or ___.___.___.___ : The wireless connection to the router is OK
but there is a problem with the router. See
and Wireless Security"
v3.0, January 2007
Throughput
Chapter 2, "Network Connections
or Chapter 3, "Troubleshooting".
Signal
strength
Basic Setup