Setup guide

• disabled - WDS interfaces are disabled
• dynamic - WDS interfaces are created 'on the fly'
• static - WDS interfaces are created manually
802.1x-enable (PEAP-MSCHAPV2 | none; default: no) - whether to use Protected Extensible
Authentication Protocol Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol version 2 for
authentication
Notes
If disable-running-check value is set to no, the router determines whether the network interface is
up and running - in order to show flag R for AP, one or more clients have to be registered to it, for
station, it should be connected to an AP. If the interface does not appear as running (R), its route in
the routing table is shown as invalid! If set to yes, the interface will always be shown as running.
You should set tx-power property to an appropriate value as many cards do not have their default
setting set to the maximal power it can work on. For the cards Wandy is selling (5G/ABM), 20dB
(100mW) is the maximal power in 5GHz bands and 18dB (65mW) is the maximal power in 2.4GHz
bands.
For different versions of Atheros chipset there are different value range of ack-timeout property:
Chipset version
5GHz 5GHz-turbo 2GHz-B 2GHz-G
default max default max default max default max
5000 (5.2GHz only) 30 204 22 102 N/A N/A N/A N/A
5211 (5.2GHz and 5.8GHz) 30 409 22 204 N/A N/A N/A N/A
5212 (802.11a/b/g) 25 409 22 204 30 409 52 409
Example
Let us consider an example: a Wandy router is connected to an AP using Atheros card and the
AP is operating in IEEE 802.11b standard with ssid=hotspot.
To see current interface settings:
[admin@Wandy] interface wireless> print
Flags: X - disabled, R - running
0 X name="wlan1" mtu=1500 mac-address=00:02:6F:01:CE:31 arp=enabled
disable-running-check=no interface-type=Prism mode=station
ssid="Wandy" frequency=2412 band=2.4GHz-B scan-list=default-ism
supported-rates-b=1Mbps,2Mbps,5.5Mbps,11Mbps supported-rates-a/g=""
basic-rates-b=1Mbps basic-rates-a/g="" max-station-count=2007
fast-frames=no dfs-mode=none antenna-mode=ant-a wds-mode=disabled
wds-default-bridge=none default-authentication=yes
default-forwarding=yes hide-ssid=no 802.1x-mode=none
Set the ssid to mmt and enable the interface. Use the monitor command to see the connection status.
[admin@Wandy] interface wireless> set 0 ssid=mmt disabled=no
[admin@Wandy] interface wireless> monitor 0
status: connected-to-ess
band: 2.4GHz-B
frequency: 2412
tx-rate: 11Mbps
rx-rate: 1Mbps
ssid: mmt
bssid: 00:02:6F:06:59:42
signal-strength: -68
[admin@Wandy] interface wireless>
The 'ess' stands for Extended Service Set (IEEE 802.11 wireless networking).