_Atheros Client Utility Help
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Introduction

System Requirements

  

Profile Management

Create or Modify a Profile

Remove a Profile

Profile Auto Selection

Switch Profiles

Configure TCP/IP

Configuring Win XP

  

Security

EAP-TLS

EAP-TTLS

PEAP (EAP-GTC)

PEAP (EAP-MSCHAP V2)

LEAP

WPA Passphrase

  

Check Status or Diagnostics

Check Current Status

Check Driver Information

Check Statistics

  

Connect to Another Network

  

Settings

Signal Strength Display

Data Display

Display Refresh Interval

  

Tools

Tray Icon
Troubleshooting Utility
Enable/ Disable the Radio

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diagnostics Tab

The Diagnostics tab of the Atheros Client Utility provides buttons used to retrieve receive and transmit statistics. The Diagnostics tab does not require any configuration.  

The Diagnostics tab lists the following receive and transmit diagnostics for frames received by or transmitted by the wireless network adapter:

  • Multicast frames transmitted and received
  • Broadcast frames transmitted and received
  • Unicast frames transmitted and received
  • Total bytes transmitted and received

Click the Adapter Information button for more general information about the the wireless network adapter and the network driver interface specification (NDIS) driver. 

Click the Advanced Statistics button on the Diagnostics tab to also show receive and transmit statistical information for the following receive and transmit diagnostics for frames received by or transmitted to the wireless network adapter:

Transmitted Frames
  • Frames transmitted OK
  • Frames retried
  • Frames dropped
  • No ACK frames 
  • ACK frames 
  • RTS Frames
  • Clear-to-send (CTS) Frames
  • No CTS frames
  • Retried RTS frames
  • Retried data frames
Received Frames
  • Frames received OK
  • Beacons 
  • Frames with errors
  • CRC errors
  • Encryption errors
  • Duplicate frames 
  • AP mismatches
  • Data rate mismatches
  • Authentication time-out
  • Authentication rejects: the number of AP authentication failures received by the wireless network adapter
  • Association time-out
  • Association rejects:  the number of access point authentication rejects received by the wireless network adapter
  • Standard MIC OK
  • Standard MIC errors
  • CKIP MIC OK
  • CKIP MIC errors