Smart Wizard Status Bar - NETGEAR RangeMax WN511T User Manual

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Smart Wizard Status Bar

Click the icon to open the Smart Wizard so you can view the status bar. 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
Note: To optimize throughput, connect to a network with a high-speed router or access
point, and a high-speed Internet connection. For more information about optimizing
wireless performance, and network bandwidth, see
Performance" in Chapter 3
Chapter
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
3.
v2.0, February 2007
Throughput
Chapter 1,
"Optimizing Wireless
"Optimizing Your Network Bandwidth" in
Signal
strength
"Troubleshooting".