Примечания к выпуску для Cisco Cisco Aironet 350 Wireless LAN Client Adapter
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Release Notes for Cisco Aironet Client Utilities, Version 1.5.x for Linux
OL-1347-01
New Features
Password Required for WEP Key Configuration
A password is now required to alter the client adapter’s WEP key configuration. The default password
is Cisco (uppercase C, lowercase isco).
is Cisco (uppercase C, lowercase isco).
Introduction of Three LEAP Credential Utilities
Three LEAP credential utilities (leaplogin, leapset, and leapscript) are included in the 1.5.x release. Each
utility provides a different interface for entering LEAP credentials.
utility provides a different interface for entering LEAP credentials.
Leaplogin - An X window application for configuring LEAP credentials. A graphical dialogue box
prompts you for your LEAP username and password.
prompts you for your LEAP username and password.
Leapset - An interactive command line utility for configuring LEAP credentials. This utility prompts
you for your LEAP username and password.
you for your LEAP username and password.
Leapscript - A non-interactive utility for configuring LEAP credentials designed for inclusion in shell
scripts. (In the shell script, the LEAP password will be in clear text, so ensure that the permissions on
the script are appropriate.)
scripts. (In the shell script, the LEAP password will be in clear text, so ensure that the permissions on
the script are appropriate.)
Note
The LEAP username and password do not need to be the same as those for your
Linux user account.
Linux user account.
Information on the Bcard Utility
Bcard is a Linux-specific utility that reads a previously saved client adapter configuration (which was
set in ACU) from a file and configures additional client adapters using that information. It is designed
primarily for use in computer startup files to allow the computer to reconfigure client adapters without
user intervention.
set in ACU) from a file and configures additional client adapters using that information. It is designed
primarily for use in computer startup files to allow the computer to reconfigure client adapters without
user intervention.
Bcard has no required parameters. It attempts to configure all detected Cisco Aironet client adapters at
once.
once.
Using Bcard
Bcard is most useful when inserted in a startup script such as /etc/pcmcia/network on a RedHat system.
A slight delay to give the client adapter time to properly power up may be required.
A slight delay to give the client adapter time to properly power up may be required.
An example of such usage is shown here in a snippet from a modified RedHat /etc/pcmcia/network file:
case “${action:?}” in
‘start’)
#
# We don’t do *anything* here. We get a hotplug event when the ethX device
# is registered, and we bring the device up there
#
# need to delay slightly to allow radio to stabilize
sleep 2
# now re-load the previous saved configuration
/opt/cisco/bin/bcard
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