Overview of the Cisco WMIC
Features
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Cisco 3200 Series Wireless MIC Software Configuration Guide
Universal
workgroup
bridge mode
Supported
Not supported
Enables operation with non-Cisco Aironet
access points.
VLAN
16 unencrypted VLANs,
16 static key VLANs, or
16 dynamic key VLANs
16 unencrypted VLANs,
1 static key VLANs, or
4 dynamic key VLANs
Wireless
encryption/cipher
suites
WEP-40, WEP-128, TKIP,
CKIP, CMIC, and
CKIP-CMIC, AES-CCM
WEP-40, WEP-128, TKIP,
and AES-CCM
CKIP, CMIC and CKIP-CMIC are not part
of 802.11 standard cipher suites.
Maximum
number of
stations with
WEP
255
116
Maximum
number of
stations with
TKIP
256
26
Maximum
number of
stations with
AES-CCM
256
116
Channelization
Statically declared as defined
by IEEE 802.11b/g.
Channel spacing selected by
using the CLI.
Scanning
enhancements for
faster roaming
All Scanning Enhancements
for Faster Roaming are
available.
All Scanning Enhancements
for Faster Roaming are
available except “Use First
Better Access Point.”
•
Synthesizer tuning time
•
Start on Current Channel
•
Only Probe Current SSID
•
Shorten Wait time for Probe Response
•
Automatically Limiting Frequencies
Scanned
•
Time out the Scan
•
Use First Better Access Point
•
Save Best Probe Response
Simple Network
Management
Protocol (SNM)P
MIB IDs
Supported
Supported for new values
The platform-dependent SNMP code was
modified to return new values
(entPhysicalVendorType, System OID, and
Chassis ID).
Dot11 MIB
parameters
Supported
The dot11 parameters are
returned through the dot11
MIB interface.
Table 1
Differences Between the 2.4-GHz WMIC and the 4.9-GHz WMIC
Feature
2.4-GHz WMIC
4.9-GHz WMIC
Comment