Network Card User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Client Adapters Installation and Configuration Guide for MS-DOS
- Contents
- Preface
- Audience
- Purpose
- Organization
- Conventions
- Related Publications
- Obtaining Documentation
- Obtaining Technical Assistance
- Introduction to the Wireless LAN Adapters
- Parts of the Client Adapter
- Radio Ranges
- Data Transparency and Protocols
- System Configurations
- Coverage Options
- Safety Information
- Unpacking the Client Adapter
- Inserting the Client Adapter into a Computing Device
- Removing the Client Adapter
- Driver Overview
- Windows for Workgroups 3.11 NDIS2 Installation
- DOS NDIS2 Installation
- ODI Driver Installation
- Additional Requirements and Features
- Driver Keywords and Settings
- Site Survey and Link Test
- Loading New Firmware Versions
- DOS Utilities
- Accessing the Latest Troubleshooting Information
- Interpreting the Indicator LEDs
- Technical Specifications
- Channel Sets
- Maximum Power Levels and Antenna Gains
- Manufacturers Federal Communication Commission Declaration of Conformity Statement
- Department of Communications – Canada
- European Community, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein
- Declaration of Conformity for RF Exposure
- Guidelines for Operating Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Client Adapters in Japan
- Explosive Device Proximity Warning
- Lightning Activity Warning
- Installation Warning
- Circuit Breaker (15A) Warning
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Chapter 3 Installing the Software
Driver Keywords and Settings
The following general information is pertinent:
• Multiple sections are supported.
• Blank lines are supported.
• Comments begin with semicolon and can appear anywhere on a line.
• Keywords can be uppercase or lowercase and can be surrounded by white space if desired.
• Any parameter or variable that can be set to ON or OFF can also be set to YES or NO, respectively.
• Any parameter that begins with 0x will be assumed to be hexadecimal. Any parameter that begins
with a digit (excluding the 0x case) will be assumed to be decimal. Any parameter that begins with
quotes will be assumed to be a quoted string parameter. Any other parameter will be assumed to be
an unquoted string parameter.
• For string parameters, double quotes are required around the string if the string contains any special
characters.
Note The PROTOCOL.INI file does not support some of the white space characters in a quoted string. If
a string begins with an alphabetic character and contains no special characters, the quotes can be
omitted.
• For Packet string parameters, the string can be enclosed with double quotes or single quotes. If a
string is quoted, any character except a “null” and the quote delimiter itself can occur between the
quotes.
Note If double quotes are used for a delimiter, a single quote can appear in the string, and vice versa. If
the string begins with an alphabetic character and contains no special characters, the quotes can be
omitted.
• For numeric parameters, the value can be hexadecimal or decimal. Hexadecimal numbers must be
preceded with the characters 0x but all characters can be uppercase or lowercase.
Driver Keywords and Settings
The default PC Card configuration is set to:
• Constant Awake Mode.
• Infrastructure Mode—allows association with any access point matching the SSID supplied by the
user.
• The factory-supplied network address.
• Receive directed packets to this address as well as multicasts and broadcasts.
• Retry data packets up to 16 times before discarding the frame.
• Retry RTS sequence up to 16 times before discarding the frame.
• RTS exchange on all frames greater than 300 bytes.
• Fragment frames longer than 700 bytes.
• Discard fragmented transmit packets if not delivered in 5 seconds.
• Discard fragmented receive frames if not complete after 10 seconds.