Cisco Cisco Aironet 802.11a b g PCI Wireless LAN Client Adapter (PI21AG) Guia De Resolução De Problemas

Use ADU client software version 4.4 or later.

1. 

Set the BSS Aging Interval to 30, and set the Scan Valid Interval to 20.

Complete these steps in order to set these two parameters via the Windows control panel:

Go to Windows Explorer.

a. 

Right−click My Network Places.

b. 

Choose Properties from the drop−down list.

c. 

Right−click Wireless Network Connection#, where # is the instance number of the Cisco
CB21AG Wireless LAN adapter.

d. 

Choose Properties from the drop−down list. The Wireless Network Connection Properties
dialog box appears.

e. 

Click Configure.

f. 

Click the Advanced tab.

g. 

Set the BSS Aging Interval to 30, and set the Scan Valid Interval to 20.

h. 

These parameter values are the absolute lowest permitted values and should not be set any lower. The
default values are 120 for BSS Aging Interval and 60 for Scan Valid Interval.

2. 

If your access point coverage permits it, configure the client profile in the ADU only to use the 5 GHz
(802.11a) or 2.4 GHz (802.11b/g) band, not both. In order to configure the client profile, complete
these steps:

Launch the ADU client software.

a. 

Click the Profile Management tab, highlight the profile of interest, and click Modify.

b. 

Click the Advanced tab.

c. 

Under Wireless Mode, uncheck the rates that you do not intend to use.

d. 

If you do not use the ADU to manage the CB21AG, you must use registry settings in order to
select the rates. Complete these steps:

Choose Start > Run, and type regedit in order to launch the Registry Editor.

a. 

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > System > CurrentControlSet >
Control > Class > {4D36E972−E325−11CE−BFC1−08002bE10318}.

b. 

Right−click the 4D36E972−E325−11CE−BFC1−08002bE10318 folder, and choose
Find.

c. 

Type NetBand in the search field in order to locate the NetBand variable. This is
under an [instance] four−digit subkey that has a DriverDesc value of Cisco Aironet
802.11a/b/g Wireless Adapter.

The NetBand REG_SZ variable is a bitmask of supported rates. By default this is 15.
The values are:

802.11a    0x01

(not used) 0x02

802.11b    0x04

802.11g    0x08

(not used) 0x10

For example, in order to support only 11b and 11g rates, this is 0x04 + 0x08 = 0x0C
= 12 decimal.

d. 

e. 

3. 

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