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Chapter 2. Using the Wireless LAN Configuration Utility
4 Intel® PRO/Wireless 2011B LAN USB Device Users Guide
Chapter 2. Using the Wireless LAN Configuration Utility
The Wireless LAN Configuration Utility allows you to configure wireless clients, evaluate
performance, and display the current status of a wireless network device.
2.1 Viewing the Status Icon
The Wireless LAN Configuration Utility starts automatically and places a status icon on the
Windows taskbar when Windows starts. The status icon is shown below.
If the status icon is not present do the following:
1. Click the Windows Start menu and click Programs.
2. Click the Intel® PRO/Wireless 2011B LAN USB software menu.
3. Click the Wireless LAN Configuration Utility.
The following colors on the taskbar icon show the status of the wireless device:
Color Infrastructure mode Ad hoc mode
Green Communicating successfully with an access
point.
Connected to another
wireless client.
Yellow Communicating with an access point but the
signal strength and quality are not optimal.
Yellow is not used in
this mode.
Red Searching for a new access point because it is:
• out of range of an access point.
• connected to an access point, but
attempting to find an access point with a
better signal.
Red is not used in this
mode.