Panasonic of North America 9TGCF-198 Laptop Computer CF-19 Family User Manual Operation Manual for WLAN

Operation Manual for WLAN

date: July 17,2007

N5HZC00036 (Atheros 802.11b/g wireless LAN) operational manual

1 Install Wireless LAN driver and utility

Execute setup program by double clicking the file; c:¥util¥drivers¥wlan¥install

Utility¥setup.exe

2 When setup completed, you cans see shortcut icon on the desktop ‘Atheros Client

utility and Wireless LAN utility icon on the task bar on right bottom corner on the

screen.

3 Run the utility by double clicking the shortcut icon on the desktop.

4 Atheros Client Utility Window popup then this current wireless LAN

communication status is displayed on the screen. default ‘Radio’ ‘enable’

5 Sub menu

(1)’Current Status’

‘Signal Strength’: Green bar shows wireless communication link is established

with Access Point and its length liner to signal strength.

Signal level at right of the bar shows from strongest level:

Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor, and ‘No Link’ in order.

# below shows ‘Radio Status: Software Disabled’ i.e.,Wireless LAN is disabled by

pull down menu of ‘Action’-‘Disable Radio’

If you click ‘Advanced’ below information is displayed on new window. This window

can be closed by clicking ‘OK’

6. ‘Profile management’

At this page, AP profile you will use can be set and stored as profile.

SSID, ciphering mode: WEP(64/128bit) or AES(64/128bit)

7. Taskbar icon

Task bar of Atheros Client Utility also shows signal strength by tiny four vertical bars

and if ‘no link’ or WLAN is disabled, red circle and grey bar status is displayed.

Signal level ‘Excellent’ ‘No link’

8.Help About

Help-About shows current Wireless LAN driver/Client Utility version number which

Atheros communications Inc. has assigned for management.

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