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Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Client Adapters Installation and Configuration Guide for MS-DOS
OL-1744-02
Chapter 3 Installing the Software
Driver Keywords and Settings
• Active scanning with 3-Kusec energy detect time and 20-Kusec probe response wait timeout.
• Rescan if 8 beacons are consecutively missed.
• Send an access point keep-alive message every 10 seconds.
The following tables contain keywords and parameter settings common to both the NDIS2
PROTOCOL.INI, ODI NET.CFG, and the PKT CSCPKT.INI configuration files.
Basic System Parameters
Basic system operation can be adjusted with the following parameters.
Table 3-4 General Network Parameters
Parameter (Keyword) Value Description
INFRASTRUCTURE ON, YES
OFF, NO
(Optional)—Specifies whether system
operation uses an infrastructure or
peer-to-peer/ad hoc network.
Default: ON, YES
SSID 1–32 character string Identifies the service set identifier of the
specific wireless network you are connected
to.
This parameter must match the system SSID.
NODENAME 1–16 character string (Optional)—Specifies a readable name for the
station.
NETADDRESS Any IEEE MAC address
except broadcast and
multicast
(Optional)—Allows for locally administered
MAC addresses by overriding the unique
MAC ID on the adapter.
NODE ADDRESS Same as NETADDRESS (keyword valid only
in NET.CFG file).
RXMODE NORMAL
UNICAST
NOMULTICAST
(Optional)—Determines what frames are
delivered to the driver from the adapter.
Normal means unicast, multicast, and
broadcast frames are received.
Default: NORMAL
DATARATE1 0–255 (Optional)—Specifies the rate at which the
adapter communicates with the access point to
which it associates.
Default: 1–11
This setting must match the access point’s
setting.
DATARATE2 0–255