Installing the Software

The Wireless LAN Adapter power management can be adjusted with the following group of variables.

Table 3.8 - Power Management Keywords

Keywords

Value

Description

 

 

 

POWERSAVEMODE

CAM, PSP,

Optional – specifies a particular

 

FASTPSP

operational mode (default is CAM).

 

 

CAM = Constant Awake Mode

 

 

PSP = Power Save Mode

 

 

FASTPSP = Fast Power Save Mode

 

 

Note: In Ad Hoc Mode, ATIMDU-

 

 

RATION must also be set.

 

 

 

ATIMDURATION

Between 0 and

Optional – ad hoc/IBSS only – spec-

 

less than the

ifies the length of time in Ksec for

 

beacon interval.

ATIMs following a beacon (this

 

 

value must be non-zero for PSP ad

 

 

hoc operation. 0 is Constant Awake

 

 

Mode (default is 5).

 

 

This value is only used when start-

 

 

ing a new network. When joining a

 

 

network, the value currently in use

 

 

will be adopted.

 

 

 

SLEEPFORDTIM

ON, OFF

Optional – infrastructure with PSP

 

 

or Fast PSP Modes only – if ON, the

 

 

node is allowed to sleep through

 

 

DTIMs for extra power saving.

 

 

Broadcast and multicast traffic may

 

 

be missed (default is OFF).

 

 

 

LISTENTIME

0 – 0xFFFF

Optional – infrastructure with PSP

 

 

or Fast PSP Modes only – deter-

 

 

mines how often to awaken for bea-

 

 

cons. Note that the PC Card will

 

 

always awaken to receive DTIMs

 

 

when in PSP Mode, unless sleep for

 

 

DTIMs is set (default is 200 Ksec

 

 

[200 ms]).

 

 

 

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Beacon Computer Lan Adapter manual Power Management Keywords Value Description