Smart Wizard Status Bar - NETGEAR WAG511 - 802.11a/b/g Dual Band Wireless PC Card User Manual

NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PC Card 32-bit CardBus WAG511 User Manual

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
Figure 1-5
The following table describes how to interpret the Smart Wizard status bar.
Wireless network
Security
Channel
Throughput
Signal strength
Note: To optimize throughput, connect to a network with a high-speed router or access
point, and a high-speed Internet connection.
Channel
Security
Understanding the Status Bar
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.
v4.0, March 2007
Throughput
Signal
strength
1-7