Click the Advanced button on the Current Status tab of the Atheros Client Utility to see advanced information about the program and its operations. The Current Status tab does not require any configuration.
The following table describes the items found on the Advanced Status screen.
Network Name (SSID) | Displays the wireless network name.
Configure the network name on the General tab. |
Server Based Authentication | Shows whether server based authentication is used. |
Data Encryption | Displays the encryption type the driver is using. Configure the encryption type on the Security tab. |
Authentication Type | Displays the authentication
mode.
Configure the authentication mode on the General tab. |
Message Integrity Check | Shows whether MIC is enabled. MIC prevents bit-flip attacks on encrypted packets. |
Associated AP Name | Displays the name of the access point the wireless adapter is associated to. |
Associated AP IP Address | Shows the IP address of the access point the wireless adapter is associated to. |
Associated AP MAC Address | Displays the MAC address of the access point the wireless adapter is associated to. |
Power Save Mode | Shows the power
save mode. Power
management is disabled in ad hoc mode.
Configure the power save mode on the Advanced tab. |
Current Power Level | Displays
the transmit power level
rate in mW.
Configure the transmit power level on the Advanced tab. |
Available Power Levels | Shows the 802.11a and/or 802.11b/g available power levels. |
Current Signal Strength | Shows the current signal strength in dBm. |
Current Noise Level | Displays the current noise level in dBm. | Up
Time |
Shows how long the
client adapter has been receiving power (in hours:minutes:seconds). If the
adapter runs for more than 24 hours, the display shows in
days:hours:minutes:seconds. |
802.11b
Preamble |
Displays the 802.11b
preamble format.
|
Configure the preamble format on the Advanced tab. Current
Receive Rate |
Shows the current
receive rate in Mbps. |
Current
Transmit Rate |
Displays the
current transmit rate in Mbps. |
Channel |
Shows the currently connected channel. |
Frequency |
Displays frequency the station is
using. |
Channel
Set |
Shows the
current channel set. |
QoS |
The type of quality of service that is currently being used by your client adapter. QoS on wireless LANS (WLAN) provides prioritization of traffic from the access point over the WLAN based on traffic classification. |
A value of None represents that the WMM standard QoS is not enabled. A value of WMM represents that a component of the IEEE 802.11e WLAN standard for QoS is enabled. |