Appendix
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9
Setting IEEE 802.11b
Use the "wiconfig" command to con-
figure IEEE 802.11b settings.
Limitation
❒ You can make settings when in-
stalling the optional 802.11b inter-
face kit.
❖
❖❖
❖ View settings
The following command displays
the current IEEE 802.11b settings.
msh> wiconfig
The following command displays
the IEEE 802.11b card information.
msh> wiconfig cardinfo
Note
❒ If the IEEE 802.11b interface is
not working correctly, the IEEE
802.11b card information is not
displayed.
❖
❖❖
❖ Configuration
Parameter Value to be
configured
mode
[ap|802.11adhoc|
adhoc]
You can set infra-
structure mode
(ap), 802.11 ad hoc
mode
(802.11adhoc), or
ad hoc mode (ad-
hoc).
The default is
802.11 ad hoc
mode.
ssid ID value You can set SSID in
infrastructure
mode.
The characters that
can be used are
ASCII 0x20-0x7e
(32 bytes).
SSID value is set
automatically to
the nearest access
point if the setting
has not been made.
If the setting has
not been made for
ad hoc mode, the
same value as for
infrastructure
mode or an “AS-
SID” value is auto-
matically set.
channel frequency
channel no.
You can set the
channel.
You can specify
from the following
channels:
• Metric Version
: 1-13
• Inch Version :
1-11
Set the same chan-
nel for all the ma-
chines you are
using.
enc [on|off] You can enable or
disable the WEP
function. To enable
the WEP function,
select [on]; to disa-
ble it, select [off].
To start the WEP
function, enter the
correct WEP key.
Parameter Value to be
configured