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its data rate.

Poor channel quality: The quality of the channel is low and caused the

adapter to look for another access point.

AP dropped mobile unit: The access point dropped a computer from the

list of recognizable mobile devices. The computer must re-associate with an

access point.

Miscellaneous: Use this information to determine if an association with a different

access point increases performance and helps maintain the highest possible data rate.

Received Beacons: Number beacons received by the adapter.

Percent missed Beacons: Percent value for missed beacons.

Percent transmit errors: The percentage of data transmissions that had

errors.

Signal Strength: Signal strength of the access point that the adapter

communicates with displayed in decibels (dBm).

Transmit/Receive (Tx/

Rx) Statistics

Displays percent values for non-directed and directed packets.

Total host packets: The sum total number of directed and non-directed packets counts.

Transmit - (Mbps)

Receive - (Mbps)

Non-directed packets: The number of received packets broadcast to the wireless

network.

Directed packets: The number of received packets sent specifically to the wireless

adapter.

Total Bytes: The total number of bytes for packets received and sent by the wireless

adapter.

Reset Statistics

Resets the adapter statistical counters back to zero and begins taking new data

measurements.

Close

Closes and returns to the main window.

Help?

Provides help information for this page.

Use Windows to Manage Wi-Fi (Advanced menu)