User's Manual

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1. WLAN Basic Test
Driver Installation
COMPONENTS
bcmwI5/ bcmwI564.sys and bcmwI5.inf
bcmwI5/ bcmwI564.sys and bcmwI5.inf are the dongle host driver for PCI Bridge Card. It also includes a
dongle image for download to the PCI dongle.
wl.exe
wl is an utility application that one can use to control the software running in the PCI dongle, e.g. initiate an
association and modify WLAN parameters.
Throughput Test
CONNECTING TO WIRELESS NETWORKS
The examples in the following sections illustrate how to connect to both infrastructure and ad hoc networks,
including
infrastructure networks that use no security, WEP security, and WPA/PSK and WPS2/PSK security.
SCANNING FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS
To force the dongle to scan
• Run wl scan.
To force the dongle to return the results of the scan
• Run wl scanresults.
Example results returned when an AP is found:
• SSID: “Eval4325”
• Mode: Managed: RSSI: -48 dBm noise: -105 dBm Channel: 1
• BSSID: 00:10:18:90:2E:C1 Capability: ESS ShortSlot
• Supported Rates: [ 1(b) 2(b) 5.5(b) 11(b) 18 24 36 54 6 9 12 48 ]
Example results returned when an ad hoc network is found: