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Viewing Wireless Networks in Your Area
You can use the Networks tab to view all available wireless networks in your area. You can also scan to search for wireless networks and refresh the page.
To view information about wireless networks:
The screen shows the following information for each network scanned:
- Network Name (SSID): The name assigned to a wireless network. This is the same as the SSID or ESSID configuration parameter. Note that as a security measure, some wireless access points do not broadcast their SSID. In such cases, the SSID field will be blank even though the rest of the information will still be displayed.
- Channel: The channel determines which operating frequency will be used.
- Security: Identifies whether the wireless network uses security settings such as WEP,
WPA2-PSK, or WPA-PSK.- 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)
The buttons located at the bottom of the Networks tab are:
- Find a Network: Find and connect to a network. See Finding a Network.
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