Verifying Your Wireless Network Connection; Figure 28: Software Access Point Icon - HP Wireless LAN 802.11b/g Device WN4201B User Manual

7.2 Verifying your Wireless Network Connection

After completing the software activation for conversion into Access Point Mode there will be an
additional icon in the system tray of your HP PC. This icon will remain present now that the
SoftAP™ has been installed.
The SoftAP™ icon is a green pie-shaped icon with an arrow in the center.
Software
Access Point
icon.

Figure 28: Software Access Point icon

When the arrow in the center of the Software Access Point icon is pointing in the right hand
direction your HP PC is functioning in Access Point Mode. When the arrow is pointing in the left
hand direction, your HP PC is functioning in Station Mode (Client Mode).
When the pointer is first rolled over the Software Access Point icon after AP activation the
message shown in figure 28 will appear. The Wireless SoftAP™ icon shown in figure 28 above
is not connected as there are zero clients associated.
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