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Every wireless network that the WL510 could detect is
listed and this can often be quite a long list. It is sometimes
useful to sort the list by signal strength or by encryption
e.g. to see which networks are Open (free). To sort the list,
click on the relevant column heading. The list will then be
resorted by the category you have selected.
From the list of available networks, select the one that you
wish to connect to by clicking the tick box to the left of the
networks "MAC Address". Then click on the "Select"
button. If the network is protected with a WEP/WPA/WPA2
password, you will be taken back to the "WIRELESS"
screen and you will need to type in the password as shown
in Fig 8.
To make sure that you have typed the password correctly,
you can click the Show tick box to display the password
instead of hidden ******* characters. Once you have
entered the correct password (if necessary), click the
"Change" button followed by the "Apply" button that will
appear at the top of the page.
It usually takes up to 10 seconds for the connection to be
established and when successful, a coloured signal
strength meter will appear in the top right hand panel of the
"STATUS" screen – se Fig 9.
If the coloured signal strength meter starts a cycle of
appearing and then disappearing, this means that the
password you have entered is incorrect. Try correcting the
password and then click the "Change" followed by the
"Apply" buttons again.
If the signal strength meter is stable and is indicating a
value between -10db and -84db, then you should now be
connected to the hotspot. Any values less than -84db and
the connection may start to drop out.
If you are struggling with low signal strength, you can try
un-ticking the "Auto Adjust to EIRP Limit" box and sliding
the Output Power slider to the right to increase the transmit
power of the WL510. If this still fails to improve the signal
strength of the connection then you may need to move
closer to the Hotspot or re-position the vessel so that the
WL510 antenna has a clearer line of sight to the Hotspot.
If you click on the "STATUS" tab, you will display more
information about the connection status including speed,
quality and distance.
At the bottom of the "STATUS" page you will see the
Monitor screen which by default shows a series of data
performance graphs.
Above the graphs you will see a series of blue links to
other monitor pages that provide a large amount of
information that is useful for diagnostic purposes. Simply
click on the relevant link to display this information.
WL510 Quick Start Guide
Figure 7
Figure 8
Figure 9
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