Beacon Computer Lan Adapter manual General Network Keywords Value Description

Installing the Software

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	Optional – specifies whether system
	OFF, NO	operation uses an infrastructure or
		peer-to-peer/ad hoc network
		(default is ON, YES).
SSID	1 to 32 character	This parameter must match the
	string	SSID of the system for proper
		operation.
NODENAME	1 to 16 character	Optional – specifies a readable
	string	name for the station.
NETADDRESS	Any IEEE MAC	Optional – this setting allows for
	address except	locally administered MAC
	broadcast and	addresses by overriding the unique
	multicast	MAC ID on the PC Card.
NODE ADDRESS		Same as NETADDRESS (keyword
		only valid in NET.CFG file).
RXMODE	NORMAL,	Optional – this setting determines
	UNICAST,	what frames are delivered to the
	NOMULTICAST	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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