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Chapter 9
The Wi-Fi Manager
The Wi-Fi Manager shows connection status and information on a wireless
network, and allows you to manually scan your area for available wireless
networks.
To open Wi-Fi Manager:
• Tap > WLAN Setting. Or,
• Tap > Settings > Connections tab > Wi-Fi Manager.
There are four tabs in the Wi-Fi Manager:
Wi-Fi Status
This tab indicates whether Wi-Fi is currently connected, and shows
information about the wireless connection. Specifically, the following
information are displayed:
Status - shows the Wi-Fi connection status.
• Connected - the station is associated with one wireless LAN
device. This status also indicates the MAC
address of the device.
• Disconnected - a previous link existed but no beacon was
received. The connection to the adapter is
terminated.
ESSID - shows the Extended Service Set Indenfier (ESSID) to which
the wireless device is connected. The text on this field is usually an
unreadable alphanumeric string.
BSSID - shows the Basic Service Set ID (BSSID) to which the wireless
device is connected. In ESS mode, this is the MAC address of the access
point to which your device is connected.
BSS Mode - tells you whether the device is connected to an access point
(Infrastructure mode) or to another wireless device (Ad-hoc mode).
Channel - shows the channel used by the wireless device.
IP Address - shows the IP address of the wireless device.
Signal Strength - shows the signal strength level between the Wi-Fi device
and the access point (or another wireless device) to which it is currently
connected.
