Aironet Lan Adapter User Manual

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Installing the Software

3-17

The following tables contain keywords and parameter set-
tings common to both the NDIS2 PROTOCOL.INI, ODI
NET.CFG, and the PKT AWCPKT.INI configuration files.

Basic system operation can be adjusted with the following
parameters.

Table 3.5 - General Network Keywords

Keywords

Value

Description

INFRASTRUCTURE

ON, YES
OFF, NO

Optional – specifies whether system
operation uses an infrastructure or
peer-to-peer/ad hoc network
(default is ON, YES).

SSID

1 to 32 character
string

This parameter must match the
SSID of the system for proper
operation.

NODENAME

1 to 16 character
string

Optional – specifies a readable
name for the station.

NETADDRESS

Any IEEE MAC
address except
broadcast and
multicast

Optional – this setting allows for
locally administered MAC
addresses by overriding the unique
MAC ID on the PC Card.

NODE ADDRESS

Same as NETADDRESS (keyword
only valid in NET.CFG file).

RXMODE

NORMAL,
UNICAST,
NOMULTICAST

Optional – this setting determines
what frames are delivered to the
driver from the PC Card (default is
NORMAL). NORMAL indicates
unicast, multicast and broadcast
frames are received.

DATARATE1

0-255

Optional – specified in increasing
speed to identify the network
configuration to associate to
(default is 1_2 [4500] or
1_11 [4800]).

DATARATE2

0-255

Optional – specified in increasing
speed to identify the network
configuration to associate to.

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