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11a networks – Harmony House 802.11a User Manual

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Harmony Utility

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802.11a Networks

Click the

802.11a Networks tab to view the list of Access Points or Ad Hoc stations

within range of the adapter. In the example below, the utility detected one Access
Point and one Ad Hoc node.

Note:

To display only Access Points, uncheck the

Display Ad Hoc stations box.

The 802.11a Networks screen reports the following information for each Access Point
or Ad Hoc node detected by the adapter:

BSSID: This field reports the physical (or MAC) address of the detected Access
Point or the Basic Service Set ID of the detected Ad Hoc node.

SSID: This field reports the detected device’s SSID or Service Set Identifier. See
“SSID” on page 28 for
more information.

Channel: This field displays the Channel used by the detected device. See
“Channel” on page 30
for more information.

Signal Strength: This field displays the strength of the radio signal received from
the detected 802.11a device.