Asus WL-160W: ASUS Wireless Settings Utility Starting Wireless Settings Status - Status

Quick Start Guide

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ASUS Wireless Settings Utility

Wireless Settings is an application for managing the WLAN Adapter. Use Wireless

Settings to view or modify the conguration settings, or to monitor the operational

status of your WLAN Adapter. When Wireless Settings is launched, you can

see the tabbed property sheets which categorize the conguration options into

groups.

Starting Wireless Settings

• Open the Windows

Control Panel

, then double-click the

ASUS

WLAN

Adapter Settings

icon.

or

• Click the Windows

Start

button, select

Programs | ASUS Utility |

WLAN Adapter | Wireless Settings

.

or

• Right-click the

Control Center icon

on the Windows taskbar and

select

Wireless Settings

.

NOTE: If you have more than one ASUS WLAN device installed on your

computer, you may see a device selection window when you launch the “

Wireless Settings” utility. Select the device you want when such situation

occurs.

Status - Status

You can view the information about the

WLAN Adapter from the Status menu.

The status fields are blank if the WLAN

Adapter is not installed. You can turn

off the WLAN Adapter by clicking the

“Disable Radio” button.

Association State

Displays the connection status as follows:

Connected -

The adapter is now associated with one wireless LAN device.

When operating in Infrastructure mode, this field shows the MAC address

of the access point with which the WLAN Adapter is communicating. When

operating in Ad Hoc

mode, this eld shows the virtual MAC address used by

computers participating in the Ad Hoc

network.

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