Chapter 6 Wireless Mobile Interface Cards

Table 6-1

Indicator Signals (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Message

 

Ethernet

Status

 

Radio

 

Type

 

Indicator

Indicator

 

Indicator

Meaning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operation

 

Green

 

Blinking

Maximum retries or buffer full occurred on

Errors

 

 

 

 

amber

the radio.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking

 

Transmit/receive Ethernet errors.

 

 

amber

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking

 

General warning.

 

 

 

amber

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Configuration

 

Amber

 

Resetting the configuration options to

Reset

 

 

 

 

 

factory defaults.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Failures

 

Red

Red

 

Red

Firmware failure; try disconnecting and

 

 

 

 

 

 

reconnecting unit power.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking red

 

Hardware failure. The wireless device

 

 

 

 

 

 

must be replaced.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Firmware

 

Red

 

Loading new firmware image.

Upgrade

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key Features

Table 6-2 lists the key features of the Cisco wireless devices.

Table 6-2 Key Features

Feature

Description

 

 

Wireless Medium

Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS).

 

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM).

 

 

Radio Media Access

Carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA).

Protocol

 

 

 

SNMP Compliance

MIB I and MIB II.

 

 

Encryption Key Length

128-bit.

 

 

Quality of Service

Prioritization of traffic for different requirements, such as voice and video.

(QoS) Support

 

 

 

Cisco 3200 Series Router Hardware Reference

 

OL-5816-10

6-5

 

 

 

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Cisco Systems 3200 manual Key Features, Feature Description

3200 specifications

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