Symbol Technologies MC3000 - Manual (Page 118)

MC3000 Integrator Guide 7-4
Find WLANs Application
Use the Find WLANs application to discover available networks in the vicinity of the user and mobile computer. To open the Find
WLANs application, tap the Signal Strength icon - Find WLANs. The Find WLANs window displays.
Figure 7-2. Find WLAN Window
Find WLAN display is limited to 32 items (ESSIDs or MAC addresses). A combination of up to 32 ESSIDs/APs
may be displayed.
Valid ESSIDs that were not displayed in the Find WLAN Window may be entered manually. See Figure 7-3 on
page 7-5 .
The Find WLANs list displays:
• WLAN Networks - Available wireless networks with an icon that indicates signal strength and encryption type. The signal
strength and encryption icon is described in tables
Table 7-2 and Table 7-3 .
• Network Type - Type of network.
• Channel - Channel that the AP is transmitting on.
• Signal Strength - Displays the signal strength of the signal from the AP.
Table 7-2. Signal Strength Icon
Icon Description
Excellent signal
Very good signal
Good signal
Fair signal
Poor signal
Out of range or no signal
Table 7-3. Encryption Icon
Icon Description
No encryption WLAN is an infrastructure network.
WLAN is an Ad-Hoc network.
WLAN access is encrypted and requires a password.