Installing the Software

Additional system performance adjustments can be made with the following group of variables.

Table 3.9 - Scanning Keywords

Keywords

Value

Description

 

 

 

SCANMODE

ACTIVE,

Optional – parameter to determine

 

PASSIVE,

the current scanning mode to be

 

ADVANCED

used by the PC Card (default is

 

 

ACTIVE).

 

 

 

BEACONLISTENTO

0 – 0xFFFF

Optional – for passive scanning

 

 

mode, determines the amount of

 

 

time (Ksec) to listen for a beacon

 

 

on each channel (default is 40

 

 

Ksec).

 

 

 

PROBEENERGYTO

0 – 0xFFFF

Optional – for active scanning mode,

 

 

determines the amount of time to lis-

 

 

ten for RF energy following a probe

 

 

(default is 3 Ksec).

 

 

 

PROBERESPONSETO

0 – 0xFFFF

Optional – for active scanning mode,

 

 

determines the amount of time to

 

 

wait for a probe response after

 

 

energy is detected on a channel

 

 

(default is 20 Ksec).

 

 

 

STATIONARY

ON, OFF,

Optional – indicates whether or not

 

YES, NO

the station is mobile (default is

 

 

OFF).

 

 

 

PROBEDELAY

0 – 0xFFFF

Optional – indicates how long to wait

 

 

on a frequency before sending a

 

 

probe request (default is 3 Ksec).

 

 

 

OFFSCANINTERVAL

0 – 0xFFFF

Optional – how often to attempt to

 

 

use the “off line” scanning method to

 

 

search for new Access Points

 

 

(default is 0 which disables off line

 

 

scanning).

 

 

 

OFFSCANDURATION

0 – 0xFFFF

Optional – how long to use the “off

 

 

line” scanning method during each

 

 

attempt (default is 0 which disables

 

 

off line scanning).

 

 

 

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Beacon Computer Lan Adapter manual Scanning Keywords Value Description