Setup guide

Wandy RouterBoard and systems based on Intel i815 and i845 chipsets are tested and work stable
with Atheros cards. There might be many other chipsets that are working stable, but it has been
reported that some older chipsets, and some systems based on AMD Duron CPU are not stable.
Wireless Interface Configuration
interface wireless
Description
In this section we will discuss the most important part of the configuration.
Property Description
name (name; default: wlanN) - assigned interface name
mtu (integer: 68..1600; default: 1500) - Maximum Transmission Unit
mac-address (MAC address) - MAC address
arp - Address Resolution Protocol setting
max-station-count (integer: 1..2007; default: 2007) - maximal number of clients allowed
interface-type (read-only: text) - adapter type and model
antenna-mode (ant-a | ant-b | rxa-txb | txa-rxb; default: ant-a) - which antenna to use for
transmit/receive data:
• ant-a - use only antenna a
• ant-b - use only antenna b
• rxa-txb - use antenna a for receiving packets, use antenna b for transmitting packets
• txa-rxb - use antenna a for transmitting packets, antenna b for receiving packets
mode (ap-bridge | bridge | station | alignment-only; default: station) - operating mode:
• ap-bridge - the interface is operating as an Access Point
• bridge - the interface is operating as a bridge
• station - the interface is operating as a client
• alignment-only - this mode is used for positioning antennas (to get the best direction)
ssid (text; default: Wandy) - Service Set Identifier. Used to separate wireless networks
hide-ssid (yes | no; default: no) - whether to hide ssid or not in the beacon frames:
• yes - ssid is not included in the beacon frames. AP replies only to probe-requests with the given
ssid
• no - ssid is included in beacon frames. AP replies to probe-requests with the given ssid ant to
'broadcast ssid' (empty ssid)
disable-running-check (yes | no; default: no) - disable running check. If value is set to 'no', the
router determines whether the card is up and running - for AP one or more clients have to be
registered to it, for station, it should be connected to an AP. This setting affects the records in the
routing table in a way that there will be no rote for the card that is not running (the same applies to
dynamic routing protocols). If set to 'yes', the interface will always be shown as running.
frequency (integer; default: 5120) - operating frequency of the card
band - operating band
• 2.4GHz-B - IEEE 802.11b
• 2.4GHz-G - IEEE 802.11g
• 5GHz - IEEE 802.11a up to 54 Mbit