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Monitoring and Configuring the WebSTAR DPW939 USB Wireless LAN Adapter
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Monitoring and Configuring the WebSTAR DPW939 USB Wireless LAN Adapter
This section provides information on how to monitor and configure the WebSTAR DPW939 USB Wireless LAN
Adapter using the Control Center utility.
Launching the Control Center
The Control Center utility is a management software that launches applications
and configures network settings. The Control Center starts automatically when
the system boots and displays the Control Center icon in the Windows
taskbar. The Control Center icon serves both as an application launcher and as
an indicator of signal quality and Internet connection.
About the Control Center Icon
The Control Center icon indicates the quality of link to the access point and
connection to the Internet. Refer to the following tables for icon indications in
both Infrastructure and Ad-hoc networks.
Infrastructure network (wireless LAN adapter linked to an access point)
ICON Indicates ICON Indicates
Excellent link quality and
connected to the Internet Excellent link quality but not connected
to the Internet
Good link quality and
connected to the Internet Good link quality but not connected to
the Internet
Fair link quality and
connected to the Internet Fair link quality but not connected to
the Internet
Poor link quality but
connected to the Internet Poor link quality and not connected to
the Internet
Not linked but connected to
the Internet Not linked and not connected to the
Internet.
Ad-hoc network (wireless LAN adapter linked to another Wi-Fi device)
ICON Indicates
The device is linked to another device
The device is not linked to another device
The device is connected to the Internet