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Link Status: Dell TrueMobile 1300 Wireless USB Adapter User's Guide
Infrastructure (communicating with an Access Point/Broadband Router) or AdHoc
(communicating directly with one or more computers).
Network Name (SSID) - The name, or Service Set Identifier, of the network with which you are
communicating. For an AdHoc network, this is the MAC address of the computer which
established the network.
AP MAC Address - The MAC address of the Access Point in an Infrastructure network.
Frequency - The radio frequency (RF) used to communicate with the network.
Privacy - This indicates whether any security measures are enabled for this connection. You
specify security measures when you configure your connection through the Wireless Networks
tab.
Signal Strength - This sliding graph indicates the composite strength of the RF signal received
from the network.
Signal (dBM) - The absolute strength (in decibels) of the RF signal received from the network.
Noise (dBM) - The absolute strength (in decibels) of the background noise received from the
network.
SNR (db) - The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), in decibels, of the signal received from the network.
Client MAC Address - The MAC address of your adapter.
Client IP Address - The Internet Protocol (IP) address of your adapter.
The second section of this window provides cumulative counters of the activity on your
connection to the wireless network. The counts of packets transmitted and received, and the
current speed of your connection, are continuously updated while this window is displayed.
At the bottom of the Link Status menu are three buttons. Clicking the OK button applies any
changes you made in this or any of the other menus of the Configuration Utility and closes the
utility. Clicking the Cancel button cancels any changes you made since you last clicked the
Apply but does not close the utility. Clicking the Apply button saves any changes you made in
this or any of the other menus of the utility and leaves the utility open.
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