Chapter 6 Wireless Mobile Interface Cards

Table 6-4

Differences Between WMICs (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feature

 

2.4 GHz (802.11b/g)

4.9 GHz (public safety)

5.0 GHz (802.11h)

Comment

 

 

 

 

 

 

Channelization

 

Statically declared as

Channel width

Statically declared as

 

 

defined by IEEE

configured by using the

defined by IEEE 802.11a.

 

 

 

802.11b/g.

command-line interface

 

 

 

 

 

(CLI).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Concatenation

 

Supported.

Not supported.

Not supported.

 

 

 

 

 

Autonomous Modes

Work Group Bridge

Work Group Bridge

Work Group Bridge

Supported

 

(WGB), Universal WGB,

(WGB), Non Root Bridge

(WGB), Non Root Bridge

 

 

 

Non Root Bridge (NRB),

(NRB), Root Bridge

(NRB), Root Bridge

 

 

 

Root Bridge (RB),

(RB), and Access Point

(RB), and Access Point

 

 

 

Repeater, and Access

(AP).

(AP).

 

 

 

Point (AP).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

World Mode

 

Supported.

Not supported.

Not supported.

World mode on the

 

 

 

 

 

client side updates a

 

 

 

 

 

client with the

 

 

 

 

 

channels of the

 

 

 

 

 

specified domain.

 

 

 

 

 

The Cisco 3200

 

 

 

 

 

Series router is

 

 

 

 

 

limited to fixed

 

 

 

 

 

channels, so world

 

 

 

 

 

mode is not available

 

 

 

 

 

on the client side.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Universal

 

Supported.

Not supported.

Not supported.

Enables operation

Workgroup Bridge

 

 

 

with non-Cisco

Mode

 

 

 

 

access points.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multiple Client

 

Supported.

Supported.

Supported.

 

Profiles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multiple Basic

 

Supported.

Supported.

Supported.

This mode is for root

SSIDs

 

 

 

 

access-point only.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wireless

 

WEP-40, WEP-128,

WEP-40, WEP-128,

WEP-40, WEP-128,

encryption/cipher

TKIP, CKIP, CMIC and

TKIP, and AES-CCM.

TKIP, and AES-CCM.

 

suites

 

CKIP-CMIC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Max Number of

 

255.

116.

116.

Stations with WEP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Max Number of

 

256.

26.

26.

Stations with TKIP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Max Number of

 

256.

116.

116.

Stations with

 

 

 

 

 

AES-CCM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco 3200 Series Router Hardware Reference

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OL-5816-10

 

 

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3200 specifications

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