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BG subset: This settings value is a special mode for use
ONLY
with
Cisco AP’s running in autonomous mode. If your WLAN access
points are manufactured by Cisco and the access points are not
lightweight ones, you must set the ‘Radio Mode’ to ‘BG subset’.
G rates only: It is also possible to use only 802.11g rates for WLAN
connectivity, but it is probable that some association difficulties with
access points may appear with this mode.
Ad Hoc: (This value is available only if you are specifying the SCU
profile under the SDC Supplicant.) If you need to establish an ad hoc
link between your PL3000 and another WLAN device, set the Radio
Mode to ‘Ad Hoc’. The ad hoc mode requires as well that you set your
ad hoc profile to SSID being the same that the ad hoc counterpart
uses. Static WEP key is optional on the ad hoc link. (You may also
find the ad hoc feature in the WZC.)
Configuring WLAN Interface of Native WZC
When the ‘ThirdPartyConfig’ profile is set active in the SCU and the PL3000 is
working again after power cycle, the WZC utility (called ‘Network Status Monitor’)
opens its window on the screen. It may also be that the Network Status Monitor
does not show up, if the WZC can associate with the network for which it has
configuration (in the WZC terminology, configurations for 802.11 networks are
called preferred networks). In the case of no preferred network(s) is configured, or
if there is no preferred network(s) within range, the WZC shows up its Network
Status Monitor utility when you have powered up your PL3000.
If you need to get the Network Status Monitor shown on the screen
without warm boot, the only way is a double tap on WZC icon on the
taskbar. The icon on the taskbar has two appearances. Both the
appearances inform that the WZC is up and running but the difference is
whether or not the TCP/IP stack is ready to communicate. (The stack is
ready to communicate when the WLAN interface has been assigned to IP-address
after the PL3000 has associated with WLAN network.)
