User Manual for the NETGEAR RangeMax™ 240 Wireless Notebook Adapter WPNT511
Network Connections and Wireless Security 4-17
v1.0, October 2005
• Channel: The channel determines which operating frequency will be used.
• Security: Identifies whether the wireless network uses WEP, WPA-PSK, or WPA2-PSK
security settings.
• Signal: Identifies the signal strength of the communications.
• MAC Address: Identifies the hardware address (MAC Address) of the wireless device
broadcasting this information.
• Mode: Identifies the type of wireless network — Access Point (Infrastructure) or Computer-
to-Computer (Ad Hoc).
Statistics Page
The Statistics page provides real time and historical trend information on the data traffic and
performance of your wireless adapter.
• Transmit/Receive Performance (%): A real time graph identifying the total, receive, and
transmit utilization as a percentage the total possible.
Note: You can click the Scan button to scan for networks and refresh the page.
Figure 4-13
