Using the Mobile Companion Utility in Windows CE
Spectrum24 Wireless LAN Adapter Users Guide E - 19
E.4.7 Signal Property Page
Select Signal from the Mobile Companion Status menu to display the Signal
property page.
Use the Signal property page to display a real-time graph of the signal
quality of the adapter to the associated access point. The number of times
the adapter has roamed to and from access points, the MAC Address of the
associated AP (located on the bottom of the access point), the current data
rate and the network status are displayed. Signal quality is an indicator of
how clearly the adapter can hear the associated access point.
The Missed Beacons graph displays the amount of beacons (uniform system
packets broadcast by the access point to keep the network synchronized)
missed by the receiving adapter. The fewer the missed beacons the better the
signal. As long as the LED to the right of the graph is Green the access point
association is not jeopardized by an excess of missed access point beacons.
If the LED is Red, an association with a different access point could be
warranted to reduce the amount of missed beacons and improve the signal.
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