Viewing Connection Settings - Hercules HWDB-600 Manual

Hercules Wireless Dual Band

4.6. Viewing connection settings

Information in the Connection status zone is not accessible or modifiable. It includes all settings
corresponding to the network to which the computer is connected:
The symbol is displayed if you are connected to a network whose security level is not
supported by the 802.11n-2009 standard. Data rates for your connection are therefore limited to 54Mbps.
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- Network Name (SSID): the SSID (Service Set Identifier) is
the unique name shared by clients and the access point in a
wireless network.
- Name: the Favorite name you have entered, if the network
has already been saved.
- Security type: The WiFi security standard allows you to
secure the information exchanged over your network. The
security types supported by WiFi Station DB are WEP, WEP
(Shared), WPA-PSK (TKIP), WPA-PSK (AES) and WPA2.
- TCP/IP Details: information relating to the TCP/IP Internet
protocols assigned by the router/access point once a
connection to the network has been established.
- RF channel: frequency channel used by the local area WiFi
network to communicate.
- Network type: the selected network architecture,
Infrastructure or Ad hoc (Peer to Peer).
- Upload speed: value indicating the data transmission rate.
- Link Quality: a progressive bar (from 0 to 100%) displays
the status of the connection between the access point and the
Wireless Dual Band WiFi adapter.
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