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Cisco 3200 Series Router Hardware Reference
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Chapter 6      Wireless Mobile Interface Cards
Channelization Statically declared as 
defined by IEEE 
802.11b/g.
Channel width 
configured by using the 
command-line interface 
(CLI).
Statically declared as 
defined by IEEE 802.11a. 
—
Concatenation Supported. Not supported. Not supported. —
Autonomous Modes 
Supported
Work Group Bridge 
(WGB), Universal WGB, 
Non Root Bridge (NRB), 
Root Bridge (RB), 
Repeater, and Access 
Point (AP).
Work Group Bridge 
(WGB), Non Root Bridge 
(NRB), Root Bridge 
(RB), and Access Point 
(AP).
Work Group Bridge 
(WGB), Non Root Bridge 
(NRB), Root Bridge 
(RB), and Access Point 
(AP).
—
World Mode Supported. Not supported. Not supported. World mode on the 
client side updates a 
client with the 
channels of the 
specified domain.
The Cisco 3200 
Series router is 
limited to fixed 
channels, so world 
mode is not available 
on the client side.
Universal 
Workgroup Bridge 
Mode
Supported. Not supported. Not supported. Enables operation 
with non-Cisco 
access points.
Multiple Client 
Profiles
Supported. Supported. Supported.
Multiple Basic 
SSIDs
Supported. Supported. Supported. This mode is for root 
access-point only.
Wireless 
encryption/cipher 
suites
WEP-40, WEP-128, 
TKIP, CKIP, CMIC and 
CKIP-CMIC.
WEP-40, WEP-128, 
TKIP, and AES-CCM.
WEP-40, WEP-128, 
TKIP, and AES-CCM.
—
Max Number of 
Stations with WEP
255. 116. 116. —
Max Number of 
Stations with TKIP
256. 26. 26. —
Max Number of 
Stations with 
AES-CCM
256. 116. 116. —
Table 6-4 Differences Between WMICs (continued)
Feature 2.4 GHz (802.11b/g) 4.9 GHz (public safety) 5.0 GHz (802.11h) Comment