Setup guide

Description
CISCO/Aironet 2.4GHz card is an interface for wireless networks operating in IEEE 802.11b
standard. If the wireless interface card is not registered to an AP, the green status led is blinking
fast. If the wireless interface card is registered to an AP, the green status led is blinking slow. To set
the wireless interface for working with an access point (register to the AP), typically you should set
the following parameters:
• The service set identifier. It should match the ssid of the AP. Can be blank, if you want the
wireless interface card to register to an AP with any ssid. The ssid will be received from the
AP, if the AP is broadcasting its ssid.
• The data-rate of the card should match one of the supported data rates of the AP. Data rate
'auto' should work in most cases.
Loading the Driver for the Wireless Adapter
PCI and PC (PCMCIA) cards do not require a 'manual' driver loading, since they are recognized
automatically by the system and the driver is loaded at the system startup.
The ISA card requires the driver to be loaded by issuing the following command:
There can be several reasons for a failure to load the driver:
• The driver cannot be loaded because other device uses the requested IRQ.
Try to set different IRQ using the DIP switches.
• The requested I/O base address cannot be used on your motherboard
Try to change the I/O base address using the DIP switches
Property Description
name (name) - assigned interface name
mtu (integer: 0..65536; default: 1500) - Maximum Transmission Unit
mode (infrastructure | ad-hoc; default: infrastructure) - operation mode of the card
rts-threshold (integer: 0..2312; default: 2312) - determines the packet size at which the interface
issues a request to send (RTS) before sending the packet. A low value can be useful in areas where
many clients are associating with the access point or bridge, or in areas where the clients are far
apart and can detect only the access point or bridge and not each other
fragmentation-threshold (integer: 256..2312; default: 2312) - this threshold controls the packet
size at which outgoing packets will be split into multiple fragments. If a single fragment transmit
error occurs, only that fragment will have to be retransmitted instead of the whole packet. Use a low
setting in areas with poor communication or with a great deal of radio interference
tx-power (1 | 5 | 20 | 50 | 100; default: 100) - transmit power in mW
rx-antenna (both | default | left | right; default: both) - receive antennas
tx-antenna (both | default | left | right; default: both) - transmit antennas
long-retry-limit (integer: 0..128; default: 16) - specifies the number of times an unfragmented
packet is retried before it is dropped
short-retry-limit (integer: 0..128; default: 16) - specifies the number of times a fragmented packet
is retried before it is dropped
frequency - Channel Frequency in MHz (applicable to ad-hoc mode only)
data-rate - data rate in Mbit/s
ap1 (MAC address) - forces association to the specified access point