Link Information Buttons
Click the following buttons to access the Link Information screens.
- Click this button to access the Link Status screen and find information on network settings.
- Click this button to access the Throughput screen and find information on connection quality.
- Click this button to access the Statistics screen and find information on packet statistics.
The Link Status Screen
Use this screen to find information on your network settings.
- Status: This displays the name of your network and the MAC address of the access point (AP) to which you are connected. If there is no connection, 'Disconnected' is displayed. If transmission is disabled (indicated by the radio button icon
), "Turn off RF" is displayed. - Extra Info: If connected, 'Link is Up' and signal strength is displayed. If disconnected, 'Link is Down' is displayed.
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Authentication: Displays the authentication method used by your connection. The Utility supports Open, Shared, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA, WPA2, 802.1X, CCKM, WAPI-PSK, and WAPI-CA.
- Encryption: Displays the encryption method used by your connection. The Utility supports WEP, TKIP, AES, TKIP(MFP), AES(MFP), and SMS4.
- Network Type: Displays the type of network to which you are connected. Infrastructure indicates a typical network with an AP or router, ad hoc indicates a distributed network without an AP or router.
- Central Channel: This displays the channel used in this wireless connection. If multiple channels are used, for example, to increase the available bandwidth, this field displays the median channel number.
The Throughput Screen
Use this screen to find information on the quality of your connection.
- Link Quality: An indicator of the quality of the signal based on measurements of the strength of the received signal and the level of packet loss for both received and transmitted data.
- Signal Strength 1: Indicates the signal strength for each antenna supported by your Mediatek Adapter.
Transmit
- Link Speed: Shows the maximum transmission speed supported by your wireless connection given current network conditions.
- Throughput: Shows the amount of data transmitted by the Mediatek Adapter.
Receive
- Link Speed: Shows the maximum speed of signals received on your wireless connection given current network conditions.
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Throughput: Shows the amount of data received by the Mediatek Adapter.
The Statistics Screens
Use these screens to find information on the packets transmitted and received by the Mediatek Adapter.
The Transmit Screen
- Transmit: Select this option to find information on packets transmitted by the Mediatek Adapter.
- Receive: Select this option to find information on packets received by the Mediatek Adapter.
- Transmitted Successfully: Shows the number of successfully transmitted packets on the current wireless connection.
- Retransmitted Successfully: Shows the number of successfully retransmitted packets on the current wireless connection. A high number may indicate interference on your network.
- Fail to Receive ACK After All Retries: Shows the number of packets that were transmitted without an acknowledgement from a receiver. A high number may indicate interference on your network.
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- Click this button to reset all packet statistics displayed in this screen to zero.
The Receive Screen
- Transmit: Select this option to find information on packets transmitted by the Mediatek Adapter.
- Receive: Select this option to find information on packets received by the Mediatek Adapter.
- Received Successfully: Shows the number of packets received on the current wireless connection.
- Received With CRC Error: Shows the number of frames received with a CRC (Cyclical Redundancy Check) or checksum error. A number much higher than the number of packets successfully received indicates interference is a problem on your network.
- Dropped Due To Out-Of-Resource: Shows the number of packets dropped due to an internal buffer overflow. An high number may indicate too much traffic on your network, or that your system is too slow to handle the current level of network traffic.
- Duplicate Frames Received: Shows the number of duplicate frames received. A high number may indicate computers and devices on your network are not receiving acknowledgement of their transmission and so are resending their data. Interference may be a cause of this problem. This value is typically higher for an ad hoc network than for a infrastructure network.
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- Click this button to reset all packet statistics displayed in this screen to zero.