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    Cor porat e Headqu ar ters Cisco Syst ems, I nc. 170 West Tasm an Drive San Jose, CA 9513 4-1706 USA http ://www .cisco .com Tel: 40 8 526-4000 800 55 3-NETS (6387) Fax: 40 8 526-4100 Cisco Ai r on e t Wirele ss LAN Cl ient Ad a pter s Inst allation and C o nf igurat ion Guide f o r MS-D OS Text P art Number: O L-1744-02[...]

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    THE S P ECIF IC A TI ON S AN D IN F ORM AT IO N RE GA R DI NG TH E P R ODU C TS IN T HI S MAN UA L A RE S U B JEC T TO CH AN GE WITH O UT NOTI CE. AL L STATE MENTS , INF ORMAT ION, A ND RECO MMEN DATI ONS IN T HIS MAN UAL ARE B ELIE VED T O BE ACC URAT E BUT A RE PRE SENT ED W ITH OUT WA RRANT Y OF ANY KIND , EX PRE SS OR IMPL IED . US ERS MUS T TA[...]

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    i Cisco Airone t Wireless LAN Cli ent Ad apt ers Install tion and Config uration Gui de for MS- DO S OL-1744-02 CO NTENTS Preface v Audien ce vi Purpo se vi Orga nizati on vi Conven tions vi Relate d Pu blicatio ns vi i Obta ining D ocum entation vi i World Wide Web vii Docu me ntat ion CD- ROM vii Orde ring D ocument ation vi ii Docu me ntat ion F[...]

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    Cont ents ii Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installt ion an d Configur ation G uide f or MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Cover age Op tions 1-9 Minim al O v e rlap Co verage 1-9 Heav y Overlap Cover ag e 1- 9 Mult iple Ov erlappin g Sys tems C overa ge 1- 10 CHAPTER 2 Inst alling the Har dware 2- 1 Safety I nformati on 2- 2 FC C S afet y Com pli a [...]

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    Co ntents iii Cisco Airo net Wireless LA N Cli ent Adapters Inst all t ion and Confi gur at ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Adapt er Key words 3-16 CHAPTER 4 Utilit ies 4-1 Site S urvey and Lin k Test 4-2 Usin g Win dows 3.1 1 or D OS to P erfor m a Link Test U sing Teln et 4- 2 Load ing New Fi rmwa re Versions 4-3 DOS Utilitie s 4-3 Config ur atio[...]

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    Cont ents iv Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installt ion an d Configur ation G uide f or MS-DOS OL-1744-02 APPENDIX C Declar ations of Confor mity and Regula tory Information C-1 Manuf actur ers Fede ral Com munic atio n Commi ssion D eclarat ion of Confo rmity S tateme nt C- 2 Depar tme nt of Com munic ations – Cana da C-3 Cana dia[...]

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    v Cisc o A ir onet W ireless LAN Client Ada pte rs Installa ti on and Conf igurati on Gui de for MS- DO S OL-1744-02 Preface This p refa ce provid es a n overvi ew o f th e Cisco Air onet W ir ele ss L AN Cl ient Adapt ers Inst alla ti on and Conf igur ation Guide for M S-DOS, r efere nces rela ted p ublic ati ons, a nd ex plai ns ho w to obt ain o[...]

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    vi Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Pref ace Audi ence Audie nce Thi s pub licat i on is for th e perso n res pons ible for insta llin g, mai ntai ning, and c onf iguring a Cis co Airo net W irel ess LAN Adapt er (a l so refe rr ed to as an ada pter or c lie nt ad apter ) o[...]

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    vii Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client Adapt er s I nst allation and Con figurat ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Pref ace Relat ed Publ icati ons Not e Mean s r ead er tak e not e. Notes c onta in helpf ul sugge st ions or refere nce s to mate rial s not co ntai ned in th i s ma n u al. Caut i on Mean s re ader be car eful . I n th is si tu at io n[...]

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    vi ii Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Pref ace Obt aining Tech nical Assi stance Or der ing Documen tat i on Cis co do cument ati on is av ailabl e in t he fol lo wing ways : • Re gis tere d Cisc o Dire ct Cust omers ca n orde r Cis co Prod uct do cument ation from th e [...]

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    ix Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client Adapt er s I nst allation and Con figurat ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Pref ace Obtaining Tec hnical Assist ance Cus tomer s a nd partn ers ca n self -reg i s te r on Cisc o.com to o btai n addi tion a l person a l ized i nformati on and se rvic es. Reg ist ered users can ord er pr oducts , c heck on the sta[...]

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    x Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Pref ace Obt aining Tech nical Assi stance[...]

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    CH A P T E R 1- 1 Cisco Air onet Wirel ess LAN Adapte rs In stal la tion and Config uration Guide for MS- DO S OL-1744-02 1 Overview This ch apter d escribes the Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN C lient Adapte r , also r eferred to as an adapt er or cli ent a dapte r , and illu str ate s it s r o le i n a w i reles s ne tw or k . Thes e to pi cs a re cov[...]

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    1- 2 Cisco A ir onet W ireless LAN Adapters Instal l ation and Config uration Guide for MS- DO S OL-1744-02 Cha pter 1 O ver vie w Intro ductio n to t he W ireles s LAN Adapte rs Intr odu ction to the Wireless LAN A dapte rs The Ci sco Airo net W ireless LAN Clie nt Adapt ers, also re ferre d to as ad apte rs , are radi o module s th at pr ovi de t[...]

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    1-3 Cisco Airone t Wireless LAN Adapter s I nst allat ion and Con figurat ion Gu ide fo r MS-DO S OL-1744-02 Cha pter 1 Ove rvie w Par ts of th e Cl i ent Ad apt er Term inolog y Thro u gho ut th is docu me nt, t he s e t er ms ar e use d: • clien t adap ter—R efers to all th ree type s of adap ters • PC car d , LM c ar d, o r P CI cl ie nt a[...]

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    1- 4 Cisco A ir onet W ireless LAN Adapters Instal l ation and Config uration Guide for MS- DO S OL-1744-02 Cha pter 1 O ver vie w Radi o Range s Radi o A nten na The type of a ntenn a used depen ds on y our clie nt adapte r: • PC cards ha ve an int egr a te d, per manen tly at tac hed di ve rsity ant enna . The be nef i t of the di v ersit y ant[...]

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    1-5 Cisco Airone t Wireless LAN Adapter s I nst allat ion and Con figurat ion Gu ide fo r MS-DO S OL-1744-02 Cha pter 1 Ove rvie w Data Transp arency and P rotoc ols Not e F or a de tai led e xpl anat ion of a nte nna ty pes and con fi guratio ns alon g with g uide line s on s ele cti ng anten n a s f o r spe cific e nviron men ts , s ee th e A i r[...]

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    1- 6 Cisco A ir onet W ireless LAN Adapters Instal l ation and Config uration Guide for MS- DO S OL-1744-02 Cha pter 1 O ver vie w Syst em Con f igurat ions Secur ity Fea tures The C isc o Ai r onet Wirele ss LA N C lien t A d ap ter e mp loys D i re ct S equ en ce Sp re ad S p ect rum T echnol ogy , pre viousl y dev elo ped for mi lit ary anti- ja[...]

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    1-7 Cisco Airone t Wireless LAN Adapter s I nst allat ion and Con figurat ion Gu ide fo r MS-DO S OL-1744-02 Cha pter 1 Ove rvie w Syste m Configurati ons Wireless Infrastructure In a wir ele ss in fras tru ctur e ( Figur e 1-2 ), an access poin t is u sed as a sta nd al one ro ot uni t. The r oot un it is not att ache d to an y wire d LA N (su ch [...]

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    1- 8 Cisco A ir onet W ireless LAN Adapters Instal l ation and Config uration Guide for MS- DO S OL-1744-02 Cha pter 1 O ver vie w Syst em Con f igurat ions Figur e 1 - 3 Wir el ess Infr astr uct ur e with W or ksta tions Ac cessing a Wired LAN Ext end ed In f r astr u cture Usi n g Repea ters An acc es s p oi n t c an be co n fig ured as a s t an [...]

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    1-9 Cisco Airone t Wireless LAN Adapter s I nst allat ion and Con figurat ion Gu ide fo r MS-DO S OL-1744-02 Cha pter 1 Ove rvie w Coverag e Options Co ver age O ptions The s y ste m a rc hi tec tu re o ptio ns of t he w irel ess st atio n a nd a cce ss p oi nt s p rovid e for a v a ri ety o f cover a ge alt er n ative s a nd f lex ib il ity . Th e[...]

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    1-1 0 Cisco A ir onet W ireless LAN Adapters Instal l ation and Config uration Guide for MS- DO S OL-1744-02 Cha pter 1 O ver vie w Cover a ge Options Figur e 1 - 6 Heavy Ov erl ap Cove rage Op ti on Multiple Overla p ping System s Coverage Mul ti pl e sy ste ms ca n op er at e i n th e sa me v ic in it y ( Figure 1-7 ). The arch it ect ur e pr ovi[...]

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    C HAPTER 2- 1 Cisc o A ir onet W ireless LAN Client Ada pte rs Installa ti on and Conf igurati on Gui de for MS- DO S OL-1744-02 2 Installing the Hardware Thi s sec tion descr i bes th e proc edur e s for in stalli ng the Cisc o Airon et W irele ss L AN Client Adapt er . Thes e to pi cs a re cove re d in th is sect io n: • Safe ty Inf ormation, p[...]

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    2- 2 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Chapte r 2 I nstalli ng the Hardwa re S a f ety In for mat ion Saf ety In for mati on F ollo w the gu id elin es in th is s ecti on t o ensure prope r op erat ion a nd safe use of the c lien t ada pter . F CC Sa fet y C ompl i anc e Sta[...]

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    2-3 Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client Adapt er s I nst allation and Con figurat ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Cha pter 2 Inst alling the Hardw are Unpacki ng the Client Ada pter Warn ing In order to comply with R F exposure limits est ablished in t he ANSI C95.1 standards, it i s recommended whe n using a laptop with a PC card cl ient adapter th[...]

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    2- 4 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Chapte r 2 I nstalli ng the Hardwa re Unpa ckin g th e Clie nt Ada pter Ant en na Conne ctors The LM car d ve rsio n has two femal e Mic roMat e (al so ca lle d MMCX ) a nten na conne cto rs on one e nd. See Figure 2-1 . All an tenn as [...]

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    2-5 Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client Adapt er s I nst allation and Con figurat ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Cha pter 2 Inst alling the Hardw are Inser ti ng the Cl ie nt Adapter into a Comp uting Device Deta c hing a Re mote An te nna Step 1 R emo ve th e ad ap ter fr om th e PC c ar d slo t. Step 2 Gra sp th e e nd o f th e a nt en na ca ble [...]

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    2- 6 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Chapte r 2 I nstalli ng the Hardwa re In s er t in g th e Cli en t Ad apt e r int o a Co m p ut i ng D ev ic e Figur e 2-2 Inser ting a PC Car d into a Computing Dev i ce Not e Y ou can remov e a nd rei nsert your P C c ard wh en neces [...]

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    2-7 Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client Adapt er s I nst allation and Con figurat ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Cha pter 2 Inst alling the Hardw are Rem o v i ng the Cl ient Ada pte r Step 5 Tilt the adap ter t o all ow th e a nt en na conn ec to r an d LED s t o sli p t hr o ugh th e open in g in t he CPU ba ck pa nel. Step 6 Pre ss t he cli en t[...]

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    2- 8 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Chapte r 2 I nstalli ng the Hardwa re Rem oving t h e Clie nt A dapt er Step 4 Remo ve the scre w fro m the t op of th e CPU bac k panel a bov e t he PCI e xpa nsion sl ot th a t hold s your cli ent adap ter. Step 5 Pu ll up f irm ly on[...]

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    CH A P T E R 3- 1 Cisc o A ir onet W ireless LAN Client Ada pte rs Installa ti on and Conf igurati on Gui de for MS- DO S OL-1744-02 3 Installing the So ftware Thi s chap ter pr o vides inst ruct ions on ho w to inst all the P AC KET , NDIS2 , NDIS 3 and ODI dri ver s ope rati ng unde r MS-D OS, W i ndo ws 3. x, and W i ndo ws f or W orkgr oups The[...]

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    3- 2 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Chapte r 3 I nstal ling the Softwa re Dri ver Ov ervi ew Driv er O verview Th is se cti o n c over s t he dr iver s . Th e ut ili ti es a re d isc u s se d i n Chap te r 4 , “ U tilit ie s. ” The M S -D O S an d W i ndows for W orkg[...]

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    3-3 Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client Adapt er s I nst allation and Con figurat ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Cha pter 3 Inst alling the Softw are Windows for Workgroups 3. 11 NDIS2 I nstallation Windows for W orkgroups 3. 11 NDIS2 Install ation Step 1 Po wer on yo ur comput er , and sta rt W indow s f or W orkgr oups. Step 2 Ext rac t th e NDIS[...]

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    3- 4 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Chapte r 3 I nstal ling the Softwa re DOS NDIS 2 Insta lla tio n Add it io n al var i ables defi ne d in th e fo ll owi ng se cti on c an al so b e us e d. Fo ll ow t he s e st ep s to i ns t al l t he drive r . Step 1 Po wer on your c [...]

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    3-5 Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client Adapt er s I nst allation and Con figurat ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Cha pter 3 Inst alling the Softw are ODI D river Ins tal latio n Not e Opt ions -c, -i, -n, and -w ar e unus ed in this vers ion of the driver and are provid ed for bac kward synt ax com pat ib ilit y . Not e <in t_num ber > is an [...]

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    3- 6 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Chapte r 3 I nstal ling the Softwa re Dr iv er Keyw ords an d Set ti ngs Th e f o llow in g g en era l in fo r mat ion is p er ti ne nt: • Mu ltip le s ect io ns ar e sup po rted. • Blan k lin es ar e su p po r ted . • Com ments b[...]

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    3-7 Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client Adapt er s I nst allation and Con figurat ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Cha pter 3 Inst alling the Softw are Driver Keywor ds and Set tings • Act iv e s cannin g with 3-Ku sec ene rgy d ete ct ti m e and 20 -K usec p robe re spons e wait ti meout. • Res can i f 8 be aco ns ar e c on sec ut ively m isse d[...]

  • Page 38

    3- 8 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Chapte r 3 I nstal ling the Softwa re Dr iv er Keyw ords an d Set ti ngs Netw ork P erform an ce V ariab les Netw o rk p er f orm an ce ca n be op ti m i zed w it h th e f o ll owing variab le s . T able 3-5 A dv anced Networ k V ar iab[...]

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    3-9 Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client Adapt er s I nst allation and Con figurat ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Cha pter 3 Inst alling the Softw are Driver Keywor ds and Set tings Fr agm ent a t i on V ariab l es Addi tional sy stem pe rform ance ad jus tment s can be made wit h the follo wing gr oup of v ari able s. WORLDMODE ON (YES) OFF (NO) (O[...]

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    3-1 0 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Chapte r 3 I nstal ling the Softwa re Dr iv er Keyw ords an d Set ti ngs Power Manag ement Variab les The Wirel es s L AN Adap t er power ma nage m en t can b e a dj ust ed w it h th e f o ll owing g ro u p of varia bles. T able 3-7 P [...]

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    3-1 1 Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client Adapt er s I nst allation and Con figurat ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Cha pter 3 Inst alling the Softw are Driver Keywor ds and Set tings A TIM DUR A TION Betw een 0 and less than the be aco n in te rval (Opti onal) — Sp ec ifie s th e len gth o f tim e f o r A T IMs fol lo wing a bea con. De f au lt: [...]

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    3-1 2 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Chapte r 3 I nstal ling the Softwa re Dr iv er Keyw ords an d Set ti ngs Scann ing Variab l es Addi tional sy stem pe rform ance ad jus tment s can be made wit h the follo wing gr oup of v ari able s. LISTE NDECA Y 0 – 0xFFFF (Option[...]

  • Page 43

    3-1 3 Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client Adapt er s I nst allation and Con figurat ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Cha pter 3 Inst alling the Softw are Driver Keywor ds and Set tings Infrastructure Parameters Addi tional sys tem pe rform ance ad jus tment s can be m ade wit h the fol lo win g param eters . ST A TION AR Y ON, OFF , YES, NO (Opti ona[...]

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    3-1 4 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Chapte r 3 I nstal ling the Softwa re Dr iv er Keyw ords an d Set ti ngs SPECIFIED AP3 Any IEEE MA C address excep t b roa dc as t an d mu ltic ast (Opti onal ) — Fo rces as soc ia tion to on e of th e speci fied a cce s s p oi nts .[...]

  • Page 45

    3-1 5 Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client Adapt er s I nst allation and Con figurat ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Cha pter 3 Inst alling the Softw are Driver Keywor ds and Set tings A UTHTY PE OPEN, WEPOPEN WEPSHARED MIXEDOPEN MIXEDSHAR ED (Opti onal ) — De ter m i ne s th e w ir ele s s netw ork ’ s leve l o f s ec urit y . OPEN = Allo ws cli[...]

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    3-1 6 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Chapte r 3 I nstal ling the Softwa re Dr iv er Keyw ords an d Set ti ngs Ad Ho c Va ri able s Ad hoc syste m opera tion is a ccompl ishe d with t his grou p of va ria bles. Adap ter Ke ywo rds The foll owi ng is a li st of ke yword s t[...]

  • Page 47

    3-1 7 Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client Adapt er s I nst allation and Con figurat ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Cha pter 3 Inst alling the Softw are Driver Keywor ds and Set tings I f you are not us ing c ard se rvice s, you r host sys tem m ust ha v e an I ntel 823 65 or com pat ible PC Card cont roller chip . The dri ve r then configu res th e[...]

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    3-1 8 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Chapte r 3 I nstal ling the Softwa re Dr iv er Keyw ords an d Set ti ngs[...]

  • Page 49

    CH A P T E R 4- 1 Cisc o A ir onet W ireless LAN Client Ada pte rs Installa ti on and Conf igurati on Gui de for MS- DO S OL-1744-02 4 Utilities Thi s se ctio n desc ribe s pr oced ures fo r us ing ut ili tie s and u pdating f irmwa re de pend ing o n the opera tin g system used. Thes e to pi cs a re cove re d in th is sect io n: • Si te Sur vey [...]

  • Page 50

    4- 2 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Ch ap t e r 4 Ut ili ti es Sit e Su rvey an d Link Te st Sit e Survey and Link Test T o per form a me anin gful si te sur vey , you need t o con duc t a test that accu r atel y model s th e inten ded use o f the s yst em. It is impo rta[...]

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    4-3 Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client Adapt er s I nst allation and Con figurat ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Cha pter 4 Utili ties L oading New Fi rmware Ve r sions Step 9 Na viga te th rough th e acce ss poin t m e nu to th e link test o ptio n. Se e the appr opria te acc ess po int tech nical re fe r en ce m an ua l f o r m or e in fo r m a t[...]

  • Page 52

    4- 4 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Ch ap t e r 4 Ut ili ti es DOS Util ities Diagno stic Utilities Th e f o llow in g d iag n os t ic ut il ity sh ip s w i th th e drivers: • PCMCIA.C OM — tu rn s t he P CM C I A s lot on so th at th e othe r ut il iti es c an ac ces[...]

  • Page 53

    4-5 Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client Adapt er s I nst allation and Con figurat ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Cha pter 4 Utili ties DO S Util iti e s Gene ral Usage Note s Sy ntax The u til it y d oe s not r u n u n less i ts com ma nd sy nt ax is co rre ct. In mo s t ca ses , an er ror me ss age ap pe ar s , info rming yo u that the c omman d o[...]

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    4- 6 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Ch ap t e r 4 Ut ili ti es DOS Util ities Configuration U tilities AWCL EAP. EXE Descr iptio n Sets the L EAP use rna me and p assw ord Syntax A WCLEAP [ username| nonam e] p assword [-clea r] [- d] Options user na m e Set s a u ser n a[...]

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    4-7 Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client Adapt er s I nst allation and Con figurat ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Cha pter 4 Utili ties DO S Util iti e s AWCA LLID.E XE Descr iptio n Pr ograms and displ ays the ad apter ’ s call ID a ssignm ent. Syntax A WCALL ID [calli d] [-c lear] [- d] Options ca ll id A 1 2- d ig it de cim a l nu m b er as sig[...]

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    4- 8 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Ch ap t e r 4 Ut ili ti es DOS Util ities AWCA LLID.E XE Descr iptio n Pr ograms and displ ays the ad apter ’ s call ID a ssignm ent. Syntax A WCALL ID [calli d] [-c lear] [- d] Options ca ll id A 1 2- d ig it de cim a l nu m b er as [...]

  • Page 57

    4-9 Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client Adapt er s I nst allation and Con figurat ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Cha pter 4 Utili ties DO S Util iti e s WEP DOS.EXE Descr iptio n Sel ect s a tr an s mi t key in d ex Syntax WE P DO S [- tx # ] [a sc ii ] [h e x ] [- key# ] [ ho me ] [- d ] Options -tx # Sel ect s th e tran s mit key in dex ( 1, 2, 3[...]

  • Page 58

    4-1 0 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Ch ap t e r 4 Ut ili ti es DOS Util ities Diagno stic Utilities PCM CI A. COM Descr iptio n T urns th e P CMCI A slot on or off so that the util ity program s can a cce s s and co m mu n ica te wit h t he ca rd . Syntax PCMCIA [ON | OF[...]

  • Page 59

    4-1 1 Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client Adapt er s I nst allation and Con figurat ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Cha pter 4 Utili ties DO S Util iti e s RADI NFO.EX E Descr iptio n Dis plays t he card ’ s radi o conf igura tion . Syntax RADINFO [-p c i] [SLO T0|SLO T1] [-B ASE <addr >] Options -pci PCI card start up SLOT n I den tifie s t[...]

  • Page 60

    4-1 2 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Ch ap t e r 4 Ut ili ti es DOS Util ities[...]

  • Page 61

    CH A P T E R 5- 1 Cisc o A ir onet W ireless LAN Client Ada pte rs Installa ti on and Conf igurati on Gui de for MS- DO S OL-1744-02 5 Error Messages and Trouble Shoo t ing The wi reless LA N cl ient ad apter pr ovides LE D messa ges and err or codes. Th is section p rovides the gene ra l p r oc ed ur es for co rre cti ng c om mon p rob le ms e nco[...]

  • Page 62

    5- 2 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Chapter 5 Er ror Mess ages and Tro uble Sh ooting Acc ess in g th e Late st Tro u bl es h ooti ng Inform a tio n Accessi ng the Latest Tro ubles hooting Inf ormati on Thi s chapte r pr ovide s b asic tro ubleshoot ing tips for yo ur c l[...]

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    5-3 Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client Adapt er s I nst allation and Con figurat ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Chapt e r 5 Error Mes sages and Tr ouble Shoot ing Int erp reting the Indica tor LEDs If Y our R adio Fai l s t o Estab l i sh C onta ct • Chan g e y o ur l oc ati on o r th e l o cat io n of t he an te nna by a f ew feet and tr y ag a[...]

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    5- 4 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Chapter 5 Er ror Mess ages and Tro uble Sh ooting In t erpr e ti ng th e Ind i cator LE Ds[...]

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    A- 1 Cisco Airone t Wireless LAN Cli ent Ad apters Install ation and Confi guration Gui de for MS- DO S OL-1744-02 APPE NDIX A Technical Specifica tions Thi s appe ndix pr ovide s te chni cal sp ecif icati ons fo r the C isco Ai ronet W ire less LA N Clie nt Adap ters. Thes e to pi cs a re cove re d in th is sect io n: • Phy sic al Spe cificat io[...]

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    A- 2 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Appendi x A Te chnical Sp eci ficati ons Techn ical Spe cif icat io ns Te chnical Speci fi catio ns Ta b l e A - 1 l is ts th e t echn ica l sp ec ific atio ns fo r th e C is co A ir on et Wirele ss L A N C li en t A d ap te rs. If a d [...]

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    A-3 Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client Adapt er s I nst allation and Con figurat ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Appe ndix A Tech nical Sp ecific at ions Techni cal Specif ic ations Po wer ou tput 340 P C card 340 LM ca rd 340 P CI clie nt ada pter 30 m W (1 5 dBm ) 1 mW (0 dBm ) 30 mW (15 dBm) (0 .5 mW/MHz) 5 mW (7 dB m) (0.5 mW /MHz) 30 m W (1 5 [...]

  • Page 68

    A- 4 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Appendi x A Te chnical Sp eci ficati ons Techn ical Spe cif icat io ns Rece i ver d el ay sp re ad (mul tipa th) 50 0 ns at 1 Mbps 400 ns at 2 Mbp s 300 ns at 5. 5 Mbps 140 ns at 11 Mb ps (35 0 serie s ad apters ) 70 ns at 11 Mb ps (340[...]

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    A-5 Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client Adapt er s I nst allation and Con figurat ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Appe ndix A Tech nical Sp ecific at ions Techni cal Specif ic ations 350 s erie s PC card and LM card T ypica lly 45 0 mA at 20 dBm 350 s erie s PCI cli ent adap te r T ypi cal ly 5 50 m A at 20 d B m Sleep m ode s tead y state 340 an d [...]

  • Page 70

    A- 6 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Appendi x A Te chnical Sp eci ficati ons Techn ical Spe cif icat io ns[...]

  • Page 71

    B- 1 Cisco Airone t Wireless LAN Cli ent Ad apters Install ation and Confi guration Gui de for MS- DO S OL-1744-02 APPE NDIX B Channels, Power Lev els, Antenna Gains Thi s appe ndix l i sts the channe ls su ppo rted b y the world ’ s re gula tory do mai ns. Th e append ix als o lists the m ax im u m p ower levels an d a nten na ga in s f o r e ac[...]

  • Page 72

    B- 2 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Appendi x B C hannel s, Power Levels , Antenna Gains Chan nel Sets Ch annel Sets The c ha nnel id en ti fiers, chan nel ce nter fr eq uen ci es, and reg ul ato ry do ma ins o f each 8 0 2. 11b 22- M Hz- wi d e ch an n el ar e sh own i n[...]

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    B-3 Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client Adapt er s I nst allation and Con figurat ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Appe ndix B Chan nel s, Pow er Level s, An tenna G ains Maximum Power Levels and Antenna Ga ins Maximum Power Levels and Antenna Gai ns An imp r op e r co mb in a t io n of p owe r level an d a nte n na ga in c a n re sul t i n e q uival[...]

  • Page 74

    B- 4 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Appendi x B C hannel s, Power Levels , Antenna Gains Maxi mum Powe r L evels an d A n tenna Gains Ch ina ( -C) (1 0 mW E IRP ma xi mu m) 0 5 2.2 5 5.2 n/ a 6 n/ a 8.5 n/ a 12 n/a 13.5 n/ a 21 n/a Japa n (-J) (1 0 mW/ MHz EI RP ma xi mum[...]

  • Page 75

    C- 1 Cisco Airone t Wireless LAN Cli ent Ad apters Install ation and Confi guration Gui de for MS- DO S OL-1744-02 APPE NDIX C Declarations of Conformity and Regulatory Information Thi s appe ndix pr ovi des decl a rat ions of c on formity a nd re gul ator y inform at ion for t he Ci sco Airo net W i re less LA N C lie nt A d ap ter s . Thes e to p[...]

  • Page 76

    C- 2 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Appendi x C Declarati ons of Conf ormity and Regul atory Infor m at ion Manuf ac t urers Fed eral Commu nicati on Commi ssion D ecla rat io n of Confor mit y Stat eme nt Manu fact urers Fed er a l Commun icat io n Co m mi ssion Decla ra[...]

  • Page 77

    C-3 Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client Adapt er s I nst allation and Con figurat ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Appe ndix C Decla rat io ns of Con for m it y and Reg ulat ory I nf ormat ion Departm ent of C ommunica tions – Canada Depar tment of C ommunicat io ns – Canad a Canad ian Compl i anc e Statem ent Th is C la ss B Dig it al ap pa ra t[...]

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    C- 4 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Appendi x C Declarati ons of Conf ormity and Regul atory Infor m at ion Eur opean Co mmunit y, Switze rland, No rway, I c eland, an d Liecht enst ein Europ ean Communi ty, S witze rl and, Nor way , I celand, and Liecht enstein Declara t[...]

  • Page 79

    C-5 Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client Adapt er s I nst allation and Con figurat ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Appe ndix C Decla rat io ns of Con for m it y and Reg ulat ory I nf ormat ion European Communi ty, Switze rl and, Norway, Icela nd, and Lie chte nstein The Declar a ti on of Con formi ty rel ate d to th is pr odu ct can b e found at thi [...]

  • Page 80

    C- 6 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Appendi x C Declarati ons of Conf ormity and Regul atory Infor m at ion Decl ara tion of Conf ormi ty for R F Expo sure The f o llowin g C E ma rk i s affixed t o th e 3 5 0 ser ies m in i-P C I car d : Not e Th is eq ui pm en t is in t[...]

  • Page 81

    C-7 Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client Adapt er s I nst allation and Con figurat ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Appe ndix C Decla rat io ns of Con for m it y and Reg ulat ory I nf ormat ion Guidelin es for O perat ing Cisco A ironet Wireless LAN Cli ent Adapt ers i n Japan Guide lines f or O per ati ng Cis co Aironet Wi rele ss LAN C li ent Adapt [...]

  • Page 82

    C- 8 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Appendi x C Declarati ons of Conf ormity and Regul atory Infor m at ion Guid el in es for Op e rat in g Cisc o Ai ron e t Wire le s s LAN Cli ent Ad ap te rs in Japa n[...]

  • Page 83

    D- 1 Cisco Airone t Wireless LAN Cli ent Ad apters Install ation and Confi guration Gui de for MS- DO S OL-1744-02 APPE NDIX D Translated Safety Warnings Thi s ap pendi x pro vi des tra nsl ati ons of the safet y w arni ngs t hat a ppear in thi s pub lic atio n. Th ese tran sla ted w ar ning s a pply t o ot he r docu m e nt s in w h ich t hey ap p [...]

  • Page 84

    D- 2 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Appendi x D Transla ted Saf ety Wa rnings Expl osive Devi c e Proximi t y Warn ing Explosi ve Devi ce P rox imit y Wa rn ing Warn ing Do n ot operate y our wireles s network d evice nea r unshielded blasting caps or in an expl osive env[...]

  • Page 85

    D-3 Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client Adapt er s I nst allation and Con figurat ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Appe ndix D Transl a te d Safet y Wa rnings Li ght ning Ac tivity W arn ing Light ning Ac tivity Wa r ni ng Inst all ation War ning Warn ing Do not work o n the sy stem or connect or disconn ect cables during periods of lightning acti vi[...]

  • Page 86

    D- 4 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Appendi x D Transla ted Saf ety Wa rnings Cir c uit B r eaker ( 1 5 A ) War nin g Cir cuit Br eaker (15A ) Warning Attention A vant de brancher le s y st è me sur la source d'al imentation, consulter les directives d'installa[...]

  • Page 87

    D-5 Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client Adapt er s I nst allation and Con figurat ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 Appe ndix D Transl a te d Safet y Wa rnings Circui t Break er ( 15A) Warni ng Warnung Dieses Produkt ist darauf angewiesen, da ß im Ge b ä ude ei n Kurzschlu ß - bz w . Ü berstromschutz installiert ist. Stellen Sie sicher , d a ß ei[...]

  • Page 88

    D- 6 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfiguration G uide f or MS-D OS OL-1744-02 Appendi x D Transla ted Saf ety Wa rnings Cir c uit B r eaker ( 1 5 A ) War nin g[...]

  • Page 89

    IN -1 Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client A dapt ers Install at ion and Confi gur at ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 INDE X A ad ho c vari ables 3-16 ant enna a ttach ing 2-4 det achin g 2-5 gain s B- 3 t o B-4 ant enna s sa fe ty g ui de lines fo r 2-2 sp ecif icati ons A- 4 used w it h cl ien t ad ap ter s 1-4 audi ence vi AWCALLID .EXE 4-7, 4-8 A[...]

  • Page 90

    Inde x IN-2 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfigu ration G uide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 f reque ncie s B- 2 I inf ra s tr uc ture pa r ame ter s 3-13 ins ta lling ha r d w ar e 2-1 to 2-8 ins ta lling so f tw ar e 3-1 to 3-17 adap ter ke yword s 3-16 addi tion al re quire ments and fea ture s 3-5 ad hoc vari able s 3[...]

  • Page 91

    Index IN -3 Cisco Airon et Wireless LAN Client A dapt ers Install at ion and Confi gur at ion Guide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02 warni ngs 2-2 sa fety warni ngs, tran slate d D- 1 to D-5 sc anni ng v aria bles 3-12 secur ity featu res 1-6 sen sit ivit y A-3 site survey 4-2 sp ecif ica tio ns A-2 t o A-5 spread spectrum 1-3 sy ste m con fi gurat ions 1-6 a[...]

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    Inde x IN-4 Cisco Aironet Wirel ess LAN Cl ient Adapters Installa tion and C onfigu ration G uide for MS-DOS OL-1744-02[...]