Configuration Section
The Configuration section shows you the configuration parameters of the wireless LAN and
allows you to modify them.
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Status Section
The Status section of the NETGEAR WAG511 Wireless Configuration Utility dialog box
shows the current wireless LAN connection status, statistics of data transmitted and received,
signal strength, etc., as shown here.
This table describes the information shown in the Status section of the dialog box:
Status
Description
Indicates the signal strength of the radio frequency signal received by
this wireless node.
Connected to
Network mode
Channel/frequency
Transmit Rate
Receive Rate
Encryption
Data Transmitted/
Received
Signal Strength
Indicates the SSID and MAC address of the associated Access Point
when the WAG511 802.11a/b/g Wireless PC Card is configured in
Infrastructure mode.
Indicates the network mode of the WAG511 802.11a/b/g Wireless PC
Card (Infrastructure or 802.11 Ad-Hoc).
Indicates the wireless channel currently in use.
Indicates the data transfer rate between the wireless node and the device
to which it is communicating.
Indicates the data receive rate between the wireless node and the device
to which it is communicating.
Indicates whether the encryption of this device is enabled (on) or
disabled (off).
Indicates the number of successfully Transmitted and Received packets.
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