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Using the Configuration Utility
The 3Com 11Mbps Wireless LAN PCI Adapter uses its own management software for all
supported operating systems except Microsoft Windows XP (see the section “Configuring
Automatic Network Connections with Windows XP” for XP specific information). All functions
controlled by the user are provided by this application. Usually this application starts automatically.
You can also click the Configuration Utility icon from Start Menu to start the utility application.
A new icon appears in your Icon systems tray.
The icon appears green when the wireless LAN adapter is operating normally or the connection
between the adapter and an access point has a strong signal/link. The icon appears yellow if
there is a marginal connection with an access point. If the icon is red, it means that the Wireless
LAN PCI Adapter configuration is invalid or incomplete. A red icon may also indicate a poor
connection between the Wireless LAN PCI Adapter and an access point.
Configuring the Wireless PCI Adapter
Click the tabs to navigate through the configuration settings:
Link Status
Status—used to display the current status of connection. When the state shows “Connected to
SSID“ the card is operating normally in Infrastructure mode--the computer is connected to an
access point and networking is available.
Scanning—the node is searching for an available access point and is unable to detect the SSID
(sometimes referred to as ESSID) for an available access point within range. This field will also
display an error message if the driver failed to initialize.
Network Type
Infrastructure Mode—the driver scans all available channels continuously until it finds one or
more Access Points that matches its SSID. At that point it tries to authenticate and associate with
the Access Point.
Ad Hoc Mode—the driver scans for 5 seconds looking for an existing Ad Hoc network using the
same SSID.
Current Channel and Transmit Rate—shows the channel of the radio and the transmit rate that is
being currently used for an active connection. This value has no meaning whenthe radio is
“Scanning”