Cisco Systems CB21AG and PI21AG manual Important Notes

Important Notes

–The wired equivalent privacy (WEP) keys of the access points with which your client adapter will communicate, if your wireless network uses static WEP for security

–The username and password for your network account

–Protected access credentials (PAC) file if your wireless network uses EAP-FAST authentication with manual PAC provisioning

Important Notes

Mismatch between HP DC5 100 PCI Bus Controller and PCI Key Cache Register on PI21AG Chip

A mismatch exists between the HP DC5100 PCI bus controller and the PCI key cache register on the chip of the PI21AG. The key cache uses a 48-bit register in which the PI21AG sends out two writes on the PCI bus back to back (DWORD and WORD). The controller on the device cannot handle two consecutive write cycles on the bus, which causes a fatal error on the PCI bus.

You should slow down the write operations to the key cache by performing a register read before and after a register write. To slow down the write operations, install registry key "singleWriteKC=1." The path of the "singleWriteKC=1" registry key is the following:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BF C1-08002bE10318}

You should not see any system degradation or performance hits, as the key cache is only changed every few minutes. An additional read before the second write cycle only lasts a few micro seconds in the PCI space.

Installing the CB21AG Intermediate Driver Manually

In some instances, the installation of the CB21AG software might not work as expected because the intermediate driver might not have installed correctly. In this situation, the installer might not detect this condition, and the rest of the software will not function correctly.

The CB21AG intermediate driver must be installed manually. To install the intermediate driver manually, follow these steps:

Step 1 Insert the client adapter.

Step 2 Click on "Network Connections" in the Start > Settings menu in Windows XP, or right click on "My Network Places" in Windows 2000. Find the CB21AGg instance.

Step 3 Right click on the Cisco CB21AG instance, and left click on Properties.

Step 4 Choose the "Install" option and then add a new service.

Step 5 Choose the "Have disk" button. Go to \windows\system32 directory and choose wsimd.inf.

Step 6 Highlight and select "Wireless Intermediate Driver" and click "ok" button. The wireless IMD is bound to the adapter.

Step 7 Reboot system.

Release Notes for Cisco Aironet 802.11a/b/g Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Install Wizard 3.0

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