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Wireless LAN Mode
AT+i Programmer‘s Manual Version 8.32 15-1
15 Wireless LAN Mode
The iChip includes a Wireless LAN driver for the Marvell 88W8686 802.11b/g WiFi
chipset. In addition, the iChip firmware contains WEP and WPA encryption of
WPA-PSK with TKIP and WPA2-PSK with AES for this chipset.
WPA security requires a parameter that contains the Personal Shared Key (PSK),
sometimes referred to as the passphrase. The Wireless LAN Passphrase (WLPP)
parameter is used to set the passphrase. When passphrase contains a value, iChip uses
WPA security when connecting to an Access Point (AP). Note, however, that for
WPA-PSK to be active, an SSID (
+iWLSI parameter) must also be defined. This
parameter has precedence over WEP parameters. In other words, when
WLPP contains a
value (and WLSI is defined) WPA is used even if WEP parameters are defined. The
maximum allowable wireless LAN transmission rate is determined by the
WLTR
command.
The type of WPA protocol to be used is determined by the value of the WSEC parameter:
a ‗0‘ value means the WPA-TKIP protocol will be used, whereas a ‗1‘ value specifies the
WPA2-AES protocol.
Several commands, listed below, enable iChip to control the operation of the Marvell
WiFi chipset.