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Step 9 Navigate through the acce ss poin t menu to th e link test optio n. See the appropr iate ac cess po int tech nical
reference ma n u a l for more info rmation.
Step 10 Set up the te s t o p tio n s to a ccurately model the sy stem.
Step 11 Set the test for continuous operation with a 1-second delay.
Step 12 Begin traversing the area ar ound the access point to determine its coverage. If logging and notes are not
possible with the Telnet applicat io n, m ai n tai n a m a nu al lo g .
The Telnet session packets are intersperse d wit h te s t pa cke ts th at m i gh t in crea se the round trip time for
some frames. The lin k te st will show progress c han g es as the test is bein g conducted.
The first-time d eli v e ry suc ces s ra te fo r th e p ack et c annot be impo rt an t fo r tr an s act io n ba se d sys t ems a nd
can result in a slightly la rge r ran ge. Using longer packets can p r ovi de so m e d egr ee o f saf ety m argin in
the range estimate.
Note Roundtrip time is affected by the Telnet session maintenance.
Loading New Firmware Versions
We recommend that you use the Cisco Windows-based Aironet Client Utility (ACU) for your firmware
updates. After upda ti ng t he fir mw a re by t hi s met hod, you can reinstall th e adapter in its MS-DOS
computing device.
DOS Utilities
This section describes the MS-DOS utility programs used to perform configuration and diagnostics of
the Cisco Aironet wireless LAN client adapters. The programs work on the PCM34x, LMC34x,
PCM35x, and LMC35x. The programs c annot work on older cards, depen ding on the hardware features
and firmware levels of those cards.

Configuration Utilities

The configuration programs update the firmware of the card. First unload any protocol driver. These
configuration utilities are shipped with the drivers:
•WEPDOS.EXE—sets a WEP trans m it key and key values
•AWCALLID.EXE—establishes a call ID numb er
The following utility do es n o t sh i p with the drivers. To obtain it, c on t act your local Cisco Sys te m
Engineer.
•AWCLEAP.EXE—sets and clears LEAP username and passwords