User`s guide

Aironet Wireless Communications, Inc. i Confidential and Proprietary
Contents
PART 1
INTRODUCTION
About the Developer’s Reference Manual ……………………………………... vii
Typographical Conventions
……………………………………………………….. ix
Reference Documents …………………………………………………………… x
Welcome to the PC4500/4800 …………………………………………………… 1-1
System Configurations
………………………………………………………………... 1-2
Coverage Options
……………………………………………………………………. 1-2
PART 2
GETTING STARTED
Hardware Architecture …………………………………………………………. 2-1
System Overview
……………………………………………………………………. 2-1
Hardware Overview
………………………………………………………………….. 2-2
Software Overview
…………………………………………………………………… 2-3
Protocol Overview
…………………………………………………………………… 2-3
Overview of the 802.11 Wireless LAN Protocol ……………………………….. 3-1
Architecture Overview
………………………………………………………………... 3-1
802.11 Direct Sequence Frame Format
……………………………………………….. 3-2
Basic Station Operation
……………………………………………………………….. 3-5
Authentication and Key Management
…………………………………………………… 3-7
PART 3
HARDWARE INTERFACING
PCMCIA Hardware Interface Operation ……………………………………... 4-1
PCMCIA Hardware
………………………………………………………………….. 4-1
PCMCIA Electrical Connections
……………………………………………………….. 4-2
ISA Hardware Interface Operation ……………………………………………. 5-1
ISA Hardware
……………………………………………………………………….. 5-1
ISA Mode
…………………………………………………………………………… 5-2
Serial Hardware Interface Operation ………………………………………….. 6-1
Serial Hardware
……………………………………………………………………… 6-1
Serial Mode
…………………………………………………………………………. 6-1
PART 4
SOFTWARE INTERFACING
PCMCIA and ISA Client Software Interface ………………………………….. 7-1
Host Memory Map
…………………………………………………………………… 7-1
Host Attribute Memory
…………………………………………………………… 7-1
Host Common Memory
…………………………………………………………… 7-2
Host IO Registers
………………………………………………………………... 7-2
Recognizing the PC4500/4800
………………………………………………………… 7-4
Bootstrap – Starting the PC4500/4800
………………………………………………….. 7-5