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Chapter 3: Starting up
Control Center right-click menu
Right-clicking the Control Center icon
displays the right-click menu. The
following sections describe the
right-click menu items.
3.5.5 The Control Center utility
The Control Center utility is a management
software that launches applications and
configures network settings. The Control
Center Utility starts automatically when the system boots and displays the
Control Center icon in the Windows
®
taskbar. The Control Center icon
serves as an application launcher, and indicator of signal quality and
Internet connection.
Control Center icons
The Control Center icon indicates the quality of link to the access point
and connection to the Internet. Refer to the table below for icon
indications.
Station Mode
Infrastructure Network Mode (wireless LAN adapter to an access point)
Excellent link quality and Excellent link quality but not
connected to the Internet connected to the Internet
Good link quality and Good link quality but not
connected to the Internet connected to the Internet
Fair link quality and Fair link quality but not
connected to the Internet connected to the Internet
Poor link quality but Poor link quality and not
connected to the Internet connected to the Internet
Not linked but connected Not linked and not
to the Internet connected to the Internet
Ad-hoc Network Mode (wireless LAN adapter to other Wi-Fi device)
Linked
Not Linked
Connected to the Internet
Soft Access Point Mode
Wireless LAN adapter is in soft access point (Soft AP) mode.