Cisco Systems CB21AG manuale d’uso

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iii Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 CONTENTS Preface xi Audienc e xii Pur pose xii Organi zation xii Conv enti ons xiii Rela te d Publication s xv Obtain ing Documentati on xv Cisco. com xv Document ation D VD xv Orderi ng Documenta tion xvi Docu m en [...]

Cont ents iv Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 CHAPTER 2 Prepari ng for Instal lation 2-1 Safe ty inf ormat ion 2-2 FCC Safet y Complian ce Statemen t 2-2 Safe ty Guid elines 2-2 Warnings 2-2 Unpacki ng the Cli ent Adapte r 2-3 Package Contents 2-3 Syste[...]

Content s v Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 CHAPTER 5 Configur ing the Clie nt Adapter 5-1 Overvi ew 5-2 Settin g Ge nera l Pa rame ters 5-3 Setti ng Advanc ed Paramet er s 5-6 Setti ng Secur it y Para mete rs 5-13 Overvi ew of Securi ty Featur es 5-1 [...]

Cont ents vi Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Using LEA P or EAP-FAST with an Aut omatical ly Prompt ed Login 6-5 After Pr ofil e Ac tivation or Car d Insert ion 6-5 After a Re boot or Logon 6-6 After You r E AP-FA ST Passw or d Ex pire s 6-7 Using LE A[...]

Content s vii Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Selec t Pr ofile 8-8 Show Connec tion Status 8-9 CHAPTER 9 Routine Pr ocedures 9-1 Remo vin g a Cl ient Adap ter 9-2 Removing a P C-Cardbu s Card 9-2 Remo v in g a PCI Ca rd 9-2 Client Adapter So ftware Pro[...]

Cont ents viii Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 APPENDI X A Technical Specificat ions A-1 APPENDI X B Transla ted Safety Wa rnings B-1 Explos ive Dev ic e Proxim i ty Warning B-2 Antenn a Inst al la ti on War nin g B-3 Warn in g fo r La p to p Use rs B-[...]

Content s ix Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 APPENDI X E Configur ing the Clie nt Adapter thr ough the Win dows XP Oper ating Syste m E-1 Overvi ew E-2 Overvi ew of Securi ty Featur es E-2 Stati c WEP Keys E-2 EAP ( wit h Dy nami c W EP Ke ys) E-3 WPA [...]

Cont ents x Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03[...]

xi Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Preface The prefac e pr ovide s an overview of th e Cisco Air on et 802.11 a/b/g W ireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21A G) Insta llation and Con figuration Guide , references relate d publication s, and expla[...]

xii Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Preface Audien ce Audience This publ ication is for the perso n respons ible for installin g, configuring, and mainta ining a Cisc o Aironet I EEE 80 2.11a /b/g Wireless LAN Client A dapter ( CB21AG or PI21AG) on a c[...]

xiii Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Pre face Conventions • Appendix A, “T echnic al Specifications,” l ists the physi cal, radio, power , and regula tory specif ications for t he client adapters . • Appendix B, “Translated Safe ty W arning s[...]

xiv Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Preface Conv entions Va r o i t u s Tämä varoitusmerkki merkitsee vaaraa. Olet tilanteessa, joka voi johtaa ruumiinvammaan. Enn en kuin työskentelet minkään laitteiston parissa, ota selvää sähkökytkent öihi[...]

xv Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Pre face Related Publ ications Related Publications For more i nform at ion abou t Ci sco Air onet CB 21AG and PI21 AG W irel ess L AN Clie nt A dapte rs for W indows, re fer to the follo wing publica tion: • Releas[...]

xvi Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Preface Cisco Prod uct Secur ity Ove r vi ew Ordering Docume ntation Y ou ca n find i ns truc tio ns for or de ring do cu ment atio n a t th is UR L: http://www .cisco.com /univ ercd/cc/td/doc/e s_inpck/pdi.htm Y ou [...]

xvii Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Pre face Ob taining Technical Assistance Reporting Se curity Problems in Cisco P roducts Cisco is committ ed to deli vering secure produc ts. W e test our products inter nally before we relea se them, and we striv e[...]

xviii Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Preface Obtain in g Technical Assis ta nce Note Us e t he Ci sco Prod uct Identi fication (CPI ) to ol to loc ate your pr odu ct s er ial n umb er bef ore subm itt ing a web or phon e request for service. Y o u can[...]

xix Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Pre face Ob ta ining Additional Publications and Information Obtaining Ad ditional Public ations and In formation Informa tion ab out Cisco pro ducts, tec hn ologie s, and net wor k solutions is available from variou[...]

xx Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Preface Obtainin g Addi ti ona l Publicat io ns and Info rmatio n[...]

C HAPTER 1-1 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 1 Product Overview This cha p t e r descri bes the Cisc o Airone t CB21AG and PI21A G clie nt adap ters and illustrates their role in a wireless netwo rk. The fol lo wing topics a re co vered in this chapter: ?[...]

1-2 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 1 Product Over vi ew Introdu ction to the Client A dap ters Introduction to the Client Adapters The Cisc o Aironet IEEE 802.11 a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Ad apter s (CB21A G and PI21AG) are radio module s tha [...]

1-3 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 1 Product Overv iew Hard w are Co mpo nen t s Hardware Components The cli ent ada pters have three ma jor hardware compo nent s: a radio , a radio an tenna, and two LED s. Radio The clie nt a da pte rs co ntain [...]

1-4 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 1 Product Over vi ew Software Comp onent s Software Components The clien t adapters hav e two m ajor softwa re components: a driv er and client u tilities. These components are inst alled together b y runnin [...]

1-5 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 1 Product Overv iew Network Configurations Using Client Adapters Network Config urations Usin g Client Adap ters Client ada pters ca n be used i n a variety of n etwork configurat ions. I n some con figurations,[...]

1-6 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 1 Product Over vi ew Netwo rk Conf igurati ons Using Cl ien t Adapte rs Wireless Infrastructure with Workstations Accessing a Wired LAN A microce llular network can be created by placi ng two or more access p[...]

C HAPTER 2-1 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 2 Preparing for Installation This ch apter pro vides informatio n that you need to kno w before insta lling a cli ent adapter. The fol lo wing topics a re co vered in this chapter: • Safety informatio n, page[...]

2-2 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 2 Preparing for Installation Safety inform ation Safety information Foll ow th e guidelines in this section to ensure proper oper ation and safe use o f the client adapte r. FCC Safety Compliance S tatement T[...]

2-3 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 2 Preparing fo r Inst allation Unpacki ng the Cl ient Adapt er War ni n g This device has been tested and complies with FCC RF Exp osure (SAR) limits in typical laptop computer configurations and this device can[...]

2-4 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 2 Preparing for Installation System Req uiremen ts System Requiremen ts In additio n to the items sh ipped with t he client adapter, you also nee d the fo llo wing items in order to install a nd use the adapt[...]

2-5 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 2 Preparing fo r Inst allation Site Requirements Site Requirements This secti on discusses th e site requir ement s for both infra structure and client devices. For Infrastructure Devices Because o f di fferen c[...]

2-6 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 2 Preparing for Installation Site Requireme nts[...]

C HAPTER 3-1 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 3 Installing the Client Adapter This ch apter pro vides instruction s for insta lling the client ada pter . The fol lo wing topics a re co vered in this chapter: • Insertin g a Client Ad apter, page 3-2 • I[...]

3-2 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 3 Installing the Client Adapter Insert ing a Client Ad apter Inserting a Client Adapter This sec tion provid es instru ctions fo r insert ing a PC-C ardb us card or PCI card into you r computer . Cautio n The[...]

3-3 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 3 Installin g th e Client Ad apt er Inser ting a Cl ient Adapt er Step 4 If the Found N ew Hard ware Wizard wi ndow appe ar s, clic k Ca nce l . Note If you do not clic k Cancel , the wi zard will attempt to ins[...]

3-4 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 3 Installing the Client Adapter Insert ing a Client Ad apter Step 2 Slide the bracket a way fr om the c ard; then t ilt the b racket to free the ant enna cable. Cautio n Do n ot pu ll on the ant enna cable or[...]

3-5 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 3 Installin g th e Client Ad apt er Inser ting a Cl ient Adapt er Figur e 3-3 Inser ting a PCI Card into a PC Step 6 T ilt the card to enable the LEDs to slip through the openi ng in the CPU back panel. See the [...]

3-6 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 3 Installing the Client Adapter Insert ing a Client Ad apter Figur e 3-4 Inser ting the Ant enna int o Its Base Step 3 Press th e an te nna c able in to t he r e cept acle o n the top of the ba se a s sh own [...]

3-7 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 3 Installin g th e Client Ad apt er Inser ting a Cl ient Adapt er Foll o w the steps below to posit ion the PCI car d’ s antenna on a flat horizontal surfac e or to mount it to a wall. Step 1 Perform on e of t[...]

3-8 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 3 Installing the Client Adapter Insert ing a Client Ad apter Figur e 3-6 Mounting the Anten na Step 6 The antenna rotate s 90 degrees from its base. F or optimal recepti on, position the antenna so it is poin[...]

3-9 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 3 Installin g th e Client Ad apt er Installing the Client Adapter Software Installing the Client Adapter Software This se ction de scri bes how to inst all Cisc o Ai rone t CB2 1AG or PI21AG client a dapt er dri[...]

3-10 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 3 Installing the Client Adapter Installi ng the Client Adapt er Softwar e Step 8 Click the f ile again to do wnload it. Step 9 Sav e the file to y our com pute r’ s har d drive. Step 10 U se W indows Explo[...]

3-11 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 3 Installin g th e Client Ad apt er Installing the Client Adapter Software Figur e 3-9 Cisco Air onet Installation Pr ogram Wind ow Step 12 Click Next . The Se tup T ype wind ow appears (se e Figure 3- 10 ).[...]

3-12 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 3 Installing the Client Adapter Installi ng the Client Adapt er Softwar e Figur e 3-1 0 Set up T ype Window Step 13 Cho ose on e of the f ollowing opt ion s: Note T o ensu re c ompa tib ilit y am on g so ftw[...]

3-13 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 3 Installin g th e Client Ad apt er Installing the Client Adapter Software Figur e 3-1 1 Install Cisco Aironet Si te Surve y Utility Wi ndow Step 15 Check the Install Cisco Air onet Site Survey Utilit y check b[...]

3-14 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 3 Installing the Client Adapter Installi ng the Client Adapt er Softwar e Figur e 3-12 Choose Des tination L ocation Windo w Step 17 Per form on e of the following: • If you chose the f i rst option in Ste[...]

3-15 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 3 Installin g th e Client Ad apt er Installing the Client Adapter Software Figur e 3-13 Select Pr ogram F older Wi ndow Step 19 Click Next to add pr ogra m ic ons t o t he Ci sco Air onet pr og ram fol der . No[...]

3-16 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 3 Installing the Client Adapter Installi ng the Client Adapt er Softwar e Figu re 3-14 IMPORT ANT : Plea se R e ad! W ind ow Step 21 Read the information displaye d and click Next . The Cho ose Configur atio[...]

3-17 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 3 Installin g th e Client Ad apt er Installing the Client Adapter Software Figur e 3-15 Choose Con figur ation T ool Windo w Step 22 Cho ose on e of the f ollowing opt ion s: • Cisco Air onet Desktop Utilit y[...]

3-18 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 3 Installing the Client Adapter Installi ng the Client Adapt er Softwar e Note If you choo se Cisco Ai ronet Desk top Util ity (ADU) a bov e, th e Microsof t W ireless Configurati on M anager is disabl ed . [...]

3-19 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 3 Installin g th e Client Ad apt er Installing the Client Adapter Software Step 25 Check the Enable Cisco Air onet System T r ay Utility (ASTU) check box i f you want to be a ble to use ASTU even thoug h y ou h[...]

3-20 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 3 Installing the Client Adapter Installi ng a Micros oft H ot Fix for G roup Policy Delay e. Choose Use t he followin g I P ad dress a nd en ter th e IP add ress, s ubnet ma sk, an d default ga teway address[...]

3-21 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 3 Installin g th e Client Ad apt er Installing a Microsoft Hot Fix for Group Policy Delay Note Y o u must be a regist ered Cisc o custom er and log into Cisco.com in o rder to download the hot fix. If you are u[...]

3-22 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 3 Installing the Client Adapter Installi ng a Micros oft H ot Fix for G roup Policy Delay[...]

C HAPTER 4-1 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 4 Using the Profile Manager This cha pter expla ins how to use the ADU profile mana ger f eature to c reate an d mana ge profiles for your client ad apter . The fol lo wing topics a re co vered in this chapter:[...]

4-2 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 4 Using the Profile Manager Overvi ew of Profile Ma nager Overview of Profile Manager The ADU profile manag er feature enable s you to crea te and ma nage up to 16 prof iles (o r saved configurat i ons ) f or[...]

4-3 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 4 Using the Prof ile Manag er Openin g Profil e Manager Ta b l e 4 - 1 prov ides a descriptio n of the status f ields on the Cisc o Aironet De sktop Utilit y (Prof ile Managem ent) window . Profile manager e nab[...]

4-4 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 4 Using the Profile Manager Creat ing a New P rofil e Creating a New Profile Foll ow the steps b elo w to cre ate a n ew prof ile. Step 1 Perform on e of the fol lowing: • If you want to crea te a new profi[...]

4-5 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 4 Using the Prof ile Manag er Creating a New Profile Step 2 Scroll do wn to see the full list of a v ailable netw orks. Step 3 Click the SSID of the netw ork to which you want your clien t adapter to associate a[...]

4-6 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 4 Using the Profile Manager Creat ing a New P rofil e Figur e 4-3 Pr ofile Mana gemen t (Gener al) Window Note If you are crea ting a profile af ter scan ning for an available network, the SSID of the networ [...]

4-7 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 4 Using the Prof ile Manag er Including a Profile in Auto Profile Selection Including a Profile in Auto Profile Selection After yo u ha ve cr eated prof iles for your client adap ter , you can choos e to include[...]

4-8 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 4 Using the Profile Manager Including a Pr ofile in Auto Profile Se lection Step 3 The profiles that you cre ated ar e listed i n the A vailab le Profiles box. H ighlight each one that you want to inclu de in[...]

4-9 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 4 Using the Prof ile Manag er Selecting the Active Profile Selecting the Active Profile Foll ow the step s below to specify the prof ile that the client adapter is to use. Note Y ou can use AST U instead o f the[...]

4-10 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 4 Using the Profile Manager Modifyin g a Profile Modifying a Profile Foll ow the steps i n the a ppropriate se ction belo w to edit o r delete an e xisting p rofile . Editing a Profile Step 1 Open ADU and cl[...]

4-11 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 4 Using the Prof ile Manag er Importing and Exporting Profiles Importing a Profile Step 1 If the pr ofile that you want t o import is on a flop py disk, inse rt the di sk into y our compute r’ s floppy drive.[...]

4-12 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 4 Using the Profile Manager Importi ng an d Export in g Profiles Figur e 4-6 Expor t Pr ofile Window The pr ofile n ame appe ar s in the Fil e na me box . Step 5 Choose a d irec tor y ( such as you r co mput[...]

C HAPTER 5-1 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 5 Configuring the Client Adap ter This ch apter e xplains h ow to set the c onfi guration par ameters for a specif ic pro file . The follo win g topics are co vered in th is chapter : • Overview , page 5-2 ?[...]

5-2 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Overv iew Overview When you c hoo se to cr ea te a new profile or mo di fy a n existing pr ofile on the Ci sco A iro net Des kt op Utility (Pr of ile Manag ement) windo w , th[...]

5-3 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring th e Clien t Adapter Setting General Parameters Setting General Paramete rs The Profile Mana ge ment (Gen er al) window (see Fi gure 5-1 ) enables you to s et paramete rs that prep are the clie nt [...]

5-4 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Settin g Gene ral Par amete r s T able 5-2 Pr ofile Manage ment Gener al P aramet ers Parameter Description Profile Name The name assigned to the co nfiguration profile. Ran g[...]

5-5 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring th e Clien t Adapter Setting General Parameters Go to the nex t section to set additional param eters, or click OK to sav e your chan ges and retu rn to the Cisco Aironet Desktop Ut ility (Prof ile[...]

5-6 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Settin g Adva nc e d Para met ers Setting Advanced Parameters The Profile M anagem ent (A dvanced) wind ow (see Figure 5-2 ) e na ble s y ou to s et p ara me ters th at c on t[...]

5-7 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring th e Clien t Adapter Setting Advanced Parameters T able 5-3 Pr ofile Managemen t A dv anced Par a met ers Parameter Description Transmit Po wer Level Speci fies the pr efer red power level at whi c[...]

5-8 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Settin g Adva nc e d Para met ers Power Sa ve Mode Sets your clien t adapter to its optimum power consum ption settin g. Options : CAM (Constantly A wake Mode), Fast PSP (Powe[...]

5-9 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring th e Clien t Adapter Setting Advanced Parameters Network T ype Specifies the type of network in wh ich your cli ent adapt er is insta lled. Options : Infrastr ucture or Ad Hoc Defa ult: Infrastruct[...]

5-10 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Settin g Adva nc e d Para met ers W irele ss Mode Specifies the fr eque ncy and rate at which your client adap ter shoul d trans mit pack ets to or recei ve packet s from acc[...]

5-11 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring th e Clien t Adapter Setting Advanced Parameters Channel Spe cif ies the ch an ne l t hat you r cl ien t a da pt er u ses f or c ommu n ica tions in a 2 .4- GHz ad ho c net work. T he available ch[...]

5-12 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Settin g Adva nc e d Para met ers 802.11 Authenticatio n Mode Specif ies how y our clien t adapter attempts to authent icate to an access point. O pen and shar ed a uthenti c[...]

5-13 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring th e Clien t Adapter Setting Security Parameters If this p rofile is configured for use in an infrast ructur e networ k and you wan t to speci fy up to fo ur acce ss points to which the client a d[...]

5-14 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Setting Se curity Par ameters Figur e 5-4 Profi le Managemen t (Secur ity) Windo w This wind ow is different fr om th e ot her Pro file Mana geme nt w indows in th at it inc [...]

5-15 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring th e Clien t Adapter Setting Security Parameters Static WEP Keys Each d evice (or pr ofile) w ithin yo ur w ire less net work c an be assign ed u p to fo ur stati c WE P keys. If a device receives[...]

5-16 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Setting Se curity Par ameters The cl ient a dapter uses the use rname, password, and P A C to per form m utual a uthent icati on with the RADIUS server thr ough the acce ss p[...]

5-17 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring th e Clien t Adapter Setting Security Parameters • PEAP (E AP-GT C) —This PEAP authentication ty pe is d esigned to sup port One -Time Password (O TP), W indows NT or 2000 doma in, and LD AP u[...]

5-18 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Setting Se curity Par ameters WPA and WPA2 W i-Fi Pr otec te d Ac cess (WP A) and WP A 2 are standards-based security solu tions from th e W i-Fi Alliance that provide data p[...]

5-19 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring th e Clien t Adapter Setting Security Parameters Note If you want to en able CCKM f ast secur e roaming on the client adap ter , you must choose the WP A/WP A2 /CCKM se curi ty opti on on the Pr o[...]

5-20 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Setting Se curity Par ameters Additional WEP Key Security Feature s The thr ee security f eatures d iscussed in this section (MIC, TKIP , and broadca st ke y rota tion) are d[...]

5-21 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring th e Clien t Adapter Setting Security Parameters WP A or WP A2 passphr ase (or WP A or WP A2 pre- sh ar ed key) Choose WP A/WP A2 Passphras e and ente r the pa ssph ras e Choose a cipher suit e, e[...]

5-22 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Setting Se curity Par ameters EAP-TLS a uthenticati on If using ADU to conf igure card Choose 802.1x and EAP-TL S; then set EAP-TL S settings Set up a nd enabl e WEP a nd en [...]

5-23 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring th e Clien t Adapter Setting Security Parameters PEAP authentica tion with WP A or W P A2 If using ADU to conf igure card Choose WP A/WP A2/CCKM and PEAP (EAP- GTC) or PEAP (EAP-MSCHAP V2); then s[...]

5-24 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Setting Se curity Par ameters Enabling S tatic WEP Foll ow the steps b elow to enab le static WEP for this profile . Step 1 Choose Pre-Shar ed Ke y (Static WEP) on the Prof i[...]

5-25 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring th e Clien t Adapter Setting Security Parameters Step 3 Choose on e of t he f oll owing WEP key en try met hods: • Hexad eci mal (0-9 , A -F) —Specifies that the WEP key will b e entered in he[...]

5-26 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Setting Se curity Par ameters Step 8 Perform one of the foll owing to set the Allo w Association to Mixe d Cells parameter , which indicates whethe r the client ad apter can [...]

5-27 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring th e Clien t Adapter Setting Security Parameters Step 3 Obtain the WP A/WP A2 passphrase for the access point (in an infrastructure netw ork) or other clients (i n an ad hoc net work) from yo ur s[...]

5-28 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Setting Se curity Par ameters Foll ow the steps b elo w to ena ble LEA P authenticati o n for th is prof ile. Step 1 Perform on e of the fol lowing on the Profile Manag ement[...]

5-29 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring th e Clien t Adapter Setting Security Parameters Step 3 Choose on e of t he f oll owing LEA P use rnam e and pa ssword set ti ng opt ion s: • Use T emporar y User Na me and Password —R eq uire[...]

5-30 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Setting Se curity Par ameters Step 9 Perform one of the foll owing to set the Allo w Association to Mixe d Cells parameter , which indicates whethe r the client ad apter can [...]

5-31 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring th e Clien t Adapter Setting Security Parameters Enabling E AP-FAST Before yo u can enable EAP-F AST authen ticatio n, your ne twork devices must meet the following requirem ents: • T o use EAP-[...]

5-32 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Setting Se curity Par ameters Figur e 5-8 EAP -F AST Se ttin gs Windo w Step 3 Choose on e of t he f ollowing EA P-F AST use rn ame a nd passwor d sett ing opti ons: • Use [...]

5-33 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring th e Clien t Adapter Setting Security Parameters Step 4 Perform on e of the fol lowing: • If you cho se Us e T em pora ry User Na me and Password in Step 3 , choose one of the following options:[...]

5-34 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Setting Se curity Par ameters Note LD AP use r database s sup port onl y ma nual P AC provisioning while Ci sco Secur e ACS internal, Cisco Sec ure O DBC , and Windows NT/200[...]

5-35 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring th e Clien t Adapter Setting Security Parameters Figur e 5-9 Select EAP -F AST P AC Win dow b. Choose one of th ese P A C sto r e op tion s to d eterm ine where the im ported P A C file wi ll b e [...]

5-36 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Setting Se curity Par ameters Figur e 5-1 0 Import EAP -F A ST P AC File Win dow d. Find the l ocatio n o f the P A C f ile in the Look in b ox. Th e de f ault loc ation is C[...]

5-37 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring th e Clien t Adapter Setting Security Parameters Note P A C file passwords are optional. The P A C authority determine s whether to issue P AC f iles that requ ire use r-supplied passwo rds. N eve[...]

5-38 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Setting Se curity Par ameters Step 13 If you want to ch ange the v alue of the Group Pol icy Dela y parameter , enter a ne w value or use the up and down ar rows t o sel ect [...]

5-39 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring th e Clien t Adapter Setting Security Parameters Enabling E AP-TLS o r PEAP Before you can e nable EA P-TLS or PEAP a uthenti cation, your net work devices must m eet the following requirem ents: [...]

5-40 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Setting Se curity Par ameters Enabling EAP-TLS Foll ow the steps b elo w to e nable EAP- TLS authenti cation fo r this pr ofile. Step 1 Perform on e of the fol lowing on the [...]

5-41 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring th e Clien t Adapter Setting Security Parameters Step 3 Check the Us e Mach ine In formati on For Doma in Logon ch eck bo x i f yo u wa nt the c lient to a tte mp t to log into a domain using mach[...]

5-42 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Setting Se curity Par ameters Step 11 If you want to ch ange the v alue of the Group Pol icy Dela y parameter , enter a ne w value or use the up and down ar rows t o sel ect [...]

5-43 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring th e Clien t Adapter Setting Security Parameters Figur e 5-13 Define PEAP (E A P -GTC) Configur ation Window Step 3 Check the Us e Mach ine In formati on For Doma in Logon ch eck bo x i f yo u wa [...]

5-44 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Setting Se curity Par ameters Step 6 Perform one of the foll owi ng to specify the username that will be used for inner PEAP tunnel authenti cation: • If you want your W in[...]

5-45 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring th e Clien t Adapter Setting Security Parameters Step 10 Perform one of the follo wing to set the Allo w Association to Mix ed Cells parameter , which indicate s whethe r the client ad apter can a[...]

5-46 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Setting Se curity Par ameters Enabling PEAP (EAP -MSCHAP V2) Foll ow the step s below to enable PEAP (EAP-MSCHAP V2) for this prof ile. Step 1 Perform on e of the fol lowing:[...]

5-47 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring th e Clien t Adapter Setting Security Parameters Step 3 Check the Us e Mach ine In formati on For Doma in Logon ch eck bo x i f yo u wa nt the c lient to a tte mp t to log into a domain us ing mac[...]

5-48 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Setting Se curity Par ameters c. If the Login Na me f ie l d is not f il led in automatica lly , enter your user name with nothi ng after it (for exampl e, j sm i th ). Note [...]

5-49 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring th e Clien t Adapter Setting Security Parameters Enabling PEAP (EAP -MSCHAP V2) Machine Authen tication with Machine Crede ntials The H ost B ased EA P o ption in t h e 802 .1x E AP T ype drop- do[...]

5-50 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Setting Se curity Par ameters Step 5 Click Start > Setting s > Control Panel > Net work and Dial- up Co nnections or Net wor k Conn ectio ns . Step 6 Right-click you[...]

5-51 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring th e Clien t Adapter Enabling Wi-Fi Multimedia Disabling Sta tic WEP, W PA/WPA2 Pa ssphrase, or EAP T o disable static WEP , W P A/WP A2 passphrase, or EAP authentica tion [LEAP , EAP-F AST , EAP-[...]

5-52 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Enablin g Wi -Fi Mult imed ia Figur e 5-1 7 Wir eless Cisco Conne ction Pr operties Win dow Step 4 If the QoS Packet Schedu ler is alre ady instal led, it is included in the [...]

5-53 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring th e Clien t Adapter Enabling Wi-Fi Multimedia Figur e 5-18 Select Netw ork Com ponent T ype Windo w Step 6 Choose Service a nd cl ick Add . The Select Ne twork Service window ap pears ( see Figur[...]

5-54 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Enablin g Wi -Fi Mult imed ia Enabling th e QoS Pa cket Sche duler on Wind ows XP Foll ow these steps to enab le the QoS P acket Scheduler on a compute r running W indo ws XP[...]

5-55 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring th e Clien t Adapter Setting Roaming Parameters in the W indows Control Panel Setting Roaming Parameters in the Windows Control Panel Th e Cisco Aironet 802.11a/ b/g W ireless Adapter P ropertie s[...]

5-56 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 5 Configuring the Client Adapter Setting Ro aming Pa rameters in the Window s Cont rol Panel T able 5-5 Roamin g P ar amete rs (in the Window s Contro l P anel) Parameter Description BSS Agin g Inte rv al Th[...]

C HAPTER 6-1 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 6 Using EAP Authentication This chap ter ex plains the sequence of ev ents that o ccurs and the actions you mu st take when a prof ile that is set for E AP authenticati on is acti vat ed. The fol lo wing topics[...]

6-2 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 6 Using EAP Authentication Overv iew Overview This chap ter ex plains the sequence of ev ents that o ccurs afte r you (or au to prof ile selec tion) acti vat e a prof ile that uses EAP au thenticatio n or you[...]

6-3 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 6 Using EAP Au thentica tion Usin g LE A P or EAP -F AS T w ith t he W indo ws U sern ame and Pas s w ord This wind ow provides informat ion about th e status of LEAP or EAP- F AST authenticati on. Ta b l e 6 - [...]

6-4 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 6 Using EAP Authentication Using LEAP or EA P-FAST w it h th e Win dows Us ern ame and Pas sword 3. If your client adapter authenticate s, the window sho ws that each s tage was s uccessfu l and then disappea[...]

6-5 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 6 Using EAP Au thentica tion Using LEAP or EAP-FAST with an Au tomatically Prompted Login Figur e 6-2 Please Ch ange P asswor d Window Step 2 Enter yo ur new password in b ot h th e New Password and V erify N ew[...]

6-6 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 6 Using EAP Authentication Using LEA P or EA P-FAST w it h an A utomati cally Promp ted Login Figur e 6-3 Ent er Wir eless Networ k P asswor d Windo w The LEAP or EAP-F AST Authentication Status wi ndo w appe[...]

6-7 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 6 Using EAP Au thentica tion Using LEAP or EAP-FAST with an Au tomatically Prompted Login Figur e 6-4 Ent er Wir eless Networ k P asswor d Windo w The LEAP or EAP-F AST Auth entication St atus windo w appears. S[...]

6-8 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 6 Using EAP Authentication Using LEA P or EA P-FAST w it h a Ma nually Pro mpted L ogin Figur e 6-5 Please Ch ange P asswor d Window Step 2 Enter yo ur new password in b ot h th e New Password and V erify N e[...]

6-9 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 6 Using EAP Au thentica tion Using LEAP or EAP-FAST with a Manually Prompted Login Figur e 6-6 Ent er Wir eless Networ k P asswor d Windo w The LEAP or EAP-F AST Auth entication St atus windo w appears. Step 2 I[...]

6-10 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 6 Using EAP Authentication Using LEA P or EA P-FAST w it h a Ma nually Pro mpted L ogin Figur e 6-7 Action Drop-Do wn Menu Step 3 When the Enter W ireless Network P assword wind o w appears (see Figu re 6- 8[...]

6-11 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 6 Using EAP Au thentica tion Using LEAP or EAP-FAST with a Manually Prompted Login The LEAP or EAP-F AST Auth entication St atus windo w appears. Step 4 If your pro file is configured for E AP-F AST and a messa[...]

6-12 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 6 Using EAP Authentication Using LEAP or EA P-FAST w ith a Sav ed Userna me and Pas sw or d Using LEAP or EAP-FAST with a Saved Username and Passwo rd After Profile Activation or Card Insertion After yo u (o[...]

6-13 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 6 Using EAP Au thentica tion Using EAP-T LS After Your EAP-FAS T Passw ord Expires If the EAP-F AST pa ssword for your cu rrent pro file expires or becomes in valid, follow these steps to chan ge yo ur passwor [...]

6-14 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 6 Using EAP Authentication Using PEAP (EAP- GT C) Using PEAP (EAP-GTC) After you (or auto prof ile selectio n) acti v ate a profile th at uses PEAP (EAP-GTC) authenticati on or you eject a nd reinsert the cl[...]

6-15 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 6 Using EAP Au thentica tion Using PEAP (EAP-MSCHAP V2) Using PEAP (EAP-MSCHAP V2) After you (or auto profil e selection) acti vate a pr ofile that uses PEAP (EAP-MSCHAP V2) authe ntic at ion or you ej ect and [...]

6-16 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 6 Using EAP Authentication Restarting the Authenti ca tion Proces s[...]

C HAPTER 7-1 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 7 Viewing Status and Statistics This chapte r exp lains ho w to use ADU to vie w the clien t adapter’ s status and its transmit and recei ve statistics. The fol lo wing topics a re co vered in this chapter: ?[...]

7-2 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 7 Viewing Status and Statistics Overvi ew of ADU S tat us and Statis ti cs Tools Overview of ADU Status and Statistics Tools In add ition to enabling y ou to co nf igure your client a dapter for use in v ario[...]

7-3 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 7 Viewing Stat us a nd Statistics Setting Par ameters that Affect ADU Stat us and Statistics To ols Step 3 Ta b l e 7 - 2 lists an d descr ibes th e paramete rs that af fect the oper ation of ADU st atus and s t[...]

7-4 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 7 Viewing Status and Statistics Viewing th e Curre nt Status of You r Clien t Adapter Viewing the Current St atus of Your Client Adap ter ADU en ables you to view the curren t statu s of your cl ient adap ter[...]

7-5 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 7 Viewing Stat us a nd Statistics Viewin g the Cu rrent S tatus of Your Cl ient Adapt er T able 7 -3 Basic Client Adapt er Status Stat us De scri ption Profile Name The ne twork c onfigu ration ( or prof ile) yo[...]

7-6 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 7 Viewing Status and Statistics Viewing th e Curre nt Status of You r Clien t Adapter Click Adv anced if yo u want t o vi ew more detai led sta tus i n forma tio n for yo ur clie nt ada pte r . The Adv anced [...]

7-7 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 7 Viewing Stat us a nd Statistics Viewin g the Cu rrent S tatus of Your Cl ient Adapt er Figur e 7 -3 A dv anced Stat us Window Ta b l e 7 - 4 interp rets each elemen t of t he Adv anced Status windo w . T able [...]

7-8 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 7 Viewing Status and Statistics Viewing th e Curre nt Status of You r Clien t Adapter Authent ication T ype Specif ies wheth er the client adapter must sh are th e same W EP ke ys as the a ccess point in orde[...]

7-9 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 7 Viewing Stat us a nd Statistics Viewin g the Cu rrent S tatus of Your Cl ient Adapt er QoS The type of quality of servi ce that is currently being us ed by your client adapter . QoS on wireless LANs (WLAN) pro[...]

7-10 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 7 Viewing Status and Statistics Viewing th e Curre nt Status of You r Clien t Adapter Pow er Sav e Mode The client adapter’ s current powe r consumption setti n g. Va l u e : CAM (Constantly A wake Mode), [...]

7-11 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 7 Viewing Stat us a nd Statistics Viewin g the Cu rrent S tatus of Your Cl ient Adapt er Click OK to clo se the Adv anced Status windo w . 802.11 b Preamb le Indica tes wheth er your clie nt adapte r is using o[...]

7-12 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 7 Viewing Status and Statistics Viewing Sta ti st ic s f or You r Client Ad apter Viewing Statistics for Your Cli ent Adapter ADU enabl es you to v ie w statistics th at indica te ho w data is being recei ve[...]

7-13 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 7 Viewing Stat us a nd Statistics Viewing S tati stics fo r Your Cl ient Adapt er Ta b l e 7 - 5 desc ribes ea ch sta tis tic tha t i s displ aye d for yo ur clie nt a dapt er. Click Adv anced Statistics if you[...]

7-14 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 7 Viewing Status and Statistics Viewing Sta ti st ic s f or You r Client Ad apter Ta b l e 7 - 6 interp rets each elemen t of t he Adv anced Stati stics win dow . T able 7 -6 Adv anced Client A dapt er Stati[...]

7-15 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 7 Viewing Stat us a nd Statistics Viewing S tati stics fo r Your Cl ient Adapt er Click OK to clo se the Adv anced Statistic s windo w . Authenticat ion Ti me-Out The number of times the clien t adapter tried t[...]

7-16 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 7 Viewing Status and Statistics Viewing Sta ti st ic s f or You r Client Ad apter[...]

C HAPTER 8-1 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 8 Using the Aironet System Tray Utility (AS TU) This chapte r explains how to use the Aironet System T ray Utility (ASTU) to access status information about you r clien t adapter and perfor m basic tasks. The f[...]

8-2 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 8 Using the Aironet System Tray Utility (ASTU) Overvi ew of AST U Overview of ASTU ASTU is an optional application that provides a small subset of the features av ailable through ADU. Specif ically , it ena b[...]

8-3 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 8 Using th e Ai ronet Sys tem T ray Utilit y ( ASTU) Tool T ip Windo w Tool Tip Windo w When you hover the curs or over the ASTU icon , the T oo l T i p window appear s (see Figure 8-1 ). Note If the clien t ada[...]

8-4 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 8 Using the Aironet System Tray Utility (ASTU) Tool T ip W indow Conn ect ion stat us The ope rat iona l m ode o f y our c li ent ad apt er . Va l u e : Not Associa ted, Associated, Au thentica ting, Authe nt[...]

8-5 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 8 Using th e Ai ronet Sys tem T ray Utilit y ( ASTU) Pop-U p Menu Pop-Up Menu When you right- click the ASTU icon, th e ASTU pop-up menu appea rs (see Figure 8-2 ). Figur e 8-2 AS TU P op-Up Menu The follo wing [...]

8-6 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 8 Using the Aironet System Tray Utility (ASTU) Pop-Up Me nu Exit This option closes ADU and ASTU. Note T o reacti va te ADU, double-c lick the Air onet Desktop Utility icon on your comput er desktop . T o rea[...]

8-7 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 8 Using th e Ai ronet Sys tem T ray Utilit y ( ASTU) Pop-U p Menu This windo w enables you to determine when ADU and ASTU run and to choose the options that appear on the ASTU pop -up menu . Follow these steps t[...]

8-8 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 8 Using the Aironet System Tray Utility (ASTU) Pop-Up Me nu Manual Lo gin This opt ion enabl es you to m anual ly in voke the authent ication pr oces s for a pr ofile that is configure d to use a m anua lly p[...]

8-9 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 8 Using th e Ai ronet Sys tem T ray Utilit y ( ASTU) Pop-U p Menu Note Login scrip ts ar e not r elia ble if you u se aut o pr ofile sel ect ion wi th L E AP or EA P-F AST . If you authen ticate and ac hie ve f [...]

8-10 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 8 Using the Aironet System Tray Utility (ASTU) Pop-Up Me nu T able 8-3 Connec tion Stat us Windo w Elemen ts Stat us Ele men t Descripti on Acti ve Prof ile The n etwork conf iguration (or prof ile) that you[...]

8-11 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 8 Using th e Ai ronet Sys tem T ray Utilit y ( ASTU) Pop-U p Menu Link Qua lity The cli ent adapt er’ s signal strength fo r all received packets. Va l u e : Excel lent, Goo d, Fair , Poor , or No Link SSID T[...]

8-12 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 8 Using the Aironet System Tray Utility (ASTU) Pop-Up Me nu[...]

C HAPTER 9-1 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 9 Routine Procedures This ch apter pro vides procedures for com mon tasks re lated to the client adapter . The fol lo wing topics a re co vered in this chapter: • Remo ving a Cli ent Ad apte r, page 9-2 • C[...]

9-2 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chap ter 9 Routin e Procedu res Removi ng a Client Ad apter Removing a Client Ad apter Foll ow the in structions in this section to remove a PC-Car dbu s card or PCI card from a computing device, whe n ne ce ssary . [...]

9-3 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 9 Routine Proce dur es Client Adapter Software Procedures Client Adapter Softwa re Procedu res This secti on provides in structi ons for the foll owing procedure s: • Upgrad ing the cl ient adapte r software, [...]

9-4 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chap ter 9 Routin e Procedu res Client Adap te r Soft w are Proce dure s Figur e 9-1 Pr epari ng Setup Win dow Figur e 9-2 Pr evious Installati on Detec ted Window[...]

9-5 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 9 Routine Proce dur es Client Adapter Software Procedures Step 4 Choose Update the pr evious installation an d click Next . Step 5 When a messa ge appea rs indicat ing tha t you are re quired to restar t your co[...]

9-6 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chap ter 9 Routin e Procedu res Client Adap te r Soft w are Proce dure s Uninstalling the Client Adapter Sof twar e This section pro vides instructions for uninstalling the softwar e for your Cisco Aironet CB21A G or[...]

9-7 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 9 Routine Proce dur es Client Adapter Software Procedures ADU Procedures This secti on provides in structi ons for the foll owing procedure s: • Opening ADU, page 9-7 • Exiting ADU, page 9-7 • Finding t he[...]

9-8 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chap ter 9 Routin e Procedu res Client Adap te r Soft w are Proce dure s Finding the Version of ADU Foll ow these steps to find the cur rent versio n of ADU. Step 1 Open ADU. Step 2 Choose the About Aironet Desktop U[...]

9-9 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 9 Routine Proce dur es Enabling or Disabling Your Client Adapter’s Radio Ta b l e 9 - 1 interpre ts each e lement of the Adap ter Inf ormation win dow . Click OK to clo se the Adap ter Informati o n windo w . [...]

9-10 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chap ter 9 Routin e Procedu res Enablin g or D isabling You r Client Ad apter’s Radi o Note If yo ur c lient ada pte r’ s radi o is disa ble d b efore your c om pute r en t ers st andby o r h ibe rna te mo de or[...]

C HAPTER 10-1 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 10 Troubleshooting This c hapter provide s infor matio n for diagnos ing a nd co rrect ing co mmon p robl ems tha t may occu r when you install and oper ate the client ada pter . The fol lo wing topics a re co[...]

10-2 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 10 Trou bleshoot ing Access ing the La test Trouble sh ootin g In format ion Accessing the Late st Troubleshoo ting Informatio n This ch apte r provides b asic t rouble shootin g tips fo r your clie nt adap [...]

10-3 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 10 Troublesho oti ng Troubl eshooti ng the Cl ient Adapt er Troubleshooting the Client Adapter This secti on pr o v ides troubl eshootin g tip s sh ould y ou en counte r pr oble ms wi th your clie nt adap ter .[...]

10-4 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 10 Trou bleshoot ing Troubles hooting t he Clie nt Ada pter Figur e 1 0-1 Tr oubleshoo ting Utility Wind ow Step 2 Click Run T est . The utility performs th e follo wing series of se ven te sts to check the [...]

10-5 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 10 Troublesho oti ng Troubl eshooti ng the Cl ient Adapt er Figur e 1 0-2 Tr oubleshoo ting Utility Wind ow (with T est Resu lts) One of the follo wing statu s messages ap pears for each test: • T e st passed[...]

10-6 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 10 Trou bleshoot ing Troubles hooting t he Clie nt Ada pter Figur e 1 0-3 T roubleshooting Utility Windo w (Detailed Repor t) Note The repor t c onta ins valuable in forma ti on th at, if ne cessa ry , c ou [...]

10-7 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 10 Troublesho oti ng Troubl eshooti ng the Cl ient Adapt er Saving the Detailed Report to a Text File Follow the steps below to sa ve the detailed tr oublesh ooting repo rt to your co mputer ’ s hard driv e. [...]

10-8 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 10 Trou bleshoot ing Troubles hooting t he Clie nt Ada pter Disabling the Microsoft Wireless Configuration Manager (Windows XP Only) If any conflic ts arise betwee n ADU an d the Micros oft Wireless Configur[...]

10-9 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 10 Troublesho oti ng Troubl eshooti ng the Cl ient Adapt er Resolvin g R eso urce Confl icts If you enc ou nte r p robl ems whi le inst al ling y our c lient ad ap ter on a com pute r run ning a Windows operati[...]

10-10 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 10 Trou bleshoot ing Troubles hooting t he Clie nt Ada pter Resolving Resource Conflicts in Wi ndows XP Note Th ese inst ruct ions assu me y ou are usin g t he Wi ndows XP cl assi c vi ew , no t the ca tego[...]

10-11 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 10 Troublesho oti ng Troubl eshooti ng the Cl ient Adapt er Problems Connecting to the Network After you have instal led the appropriate dr i ver and client utilities, contact your IS depar tment if you have a[...]

10-12 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 10 Trou bleshoot ing Error M ess ages Error Messages This se cti on pr ovide s a l ist of e rr or me ssa ges t hat may ap pear du ring the inst al lati on, c onfigura tio n, or use of your cl ien t adap t e[...]

10-13 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 10 Troublesho oti ng Erro r Me ssag es Error Message Authentication faile d due to invalid client attribute s (e.g., Login Name). Explanati on The d oma in lo gon fai le d b ecau se o f an i nv alid c lient co[...]

10-14 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 10 Trou bleshoot ing Error M ess ages Error Message Cisco Aironet 802.11a/b/g wireless adapter software u pdate can’t proceed. Please insert the adapter in the system and try again. Explanati on Y ou a tt[...]

10-15 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 10 Troublesho oti ng Erro r Me ssag es Error Message Failed to open PAC stores. Explanati on An erro r occur red when you atte mpted to ac cess the globa l or priv ate P AC store . Recommended Ac tion T ry aga[...]

10-16 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 10 Trou bleshoot ing Error M ess ages Error Message Please enter a Passphrase. Explanati on Y ou c licked OK on the De fine WP A/ WP A2 Pre- Share d Key window before e nte ring a Pa ssphras e. Recommended [...]

10-17 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 10 Troublesho oti ng Erro r Me ssag es Error Message The EAP-FAST auto provisioning or PAC updating failed . The current profile is disabled until you correct the PAC configuration in the profile and reauthent[...]

10-18 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 10 Trou bleshoot ing Error M ess ages Error Message The passwords you entered do not match. Please enter them again. Explanati on The p asswords tha t yo u ent ere d in the Password and C onfirm Password fi[...]

10-19 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 10 Troublesho oti ng Erro r Me ssag es Error Message This Product does not support this version of Windows . Please check the product documentation for the syst em requirements. Explanati on Y ou trie d to in [...]

10-20 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 10 Trou bleshoot ing Error M ess ages Error Message Unable to save imported PAC data. Access denied. Explanati on Y our attempt to sav e an imported P A C file has faile d. Y ou may not have the necessary p[...]

10-21 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 10 Troublesho oti ng Erro r Me ssag es Error Message You chose not to copy your private PAC. If you experi ence wireless connection problems during Windows dom ain logon or logged off stage, you must reconfigu[...]

10-22 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 10 Trou bleshoot ing Error M ess ages Error Message You must enter the correct old password in order to c hange the new password. Explanati on Y ou i nc orrectly ent er ed your old EAP-F AST passwor d on t [...]

10-23 Cisco Aironet 802. 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installati on and Conf iguration Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 10 Troublesho oti ng Erro r Me ssag es Erro r Mes sa ge You selected a private PAC for EAP-F AST authentication. It may not be accessible when the user is logged off or during the domain logon p rocess. Confir[...]

10-24 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Chapter 10 Trou bleshoot ing Error M ess ages[...]

A- 1 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Guide OL-4211-03 APPEND IX A Technical Specifications This appe ndix provides tec hnical spe cifications for th e Cisco Airo net CB21AG and PI21A G W ire less LAN Client Adapters. The foll owin g topics a re co vered in this app endi[...]

A- 2 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installation a nd Configur ation Guide OL- 4211-03 Appendi x A Technica l Speci ficat ions Ta b l e A - 1 lists the te chnical sp ecif ications for the Cisco Ai ronet CB21 A G and PI 21A G Wi r eless LAN Client Adap ters. T able A -1 T echnical Spe cifications for C[...]

A-3 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Append ix A Techni cal Specif ic ations Power output Note Refe r to Append ix D for limitations on radia ted po wer (EIRP) le vels in the European commun ity and othe r countrie s. 802.11 a 40 mW (16 d Bm) @ 6, 9, 12[...]

A- 4 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installation a nd Configur ation Guide OL- 4211-03 Appendi x A Technica l Speci ficat ions Recei ver sensiti vity 802.11 a 5150 t o 5 250 MH z –87 dBm @ 6 , 9, 12, a nd 18 M bp s –82 dBm @ 2 4 M bps –79 dBm @ 3 6 M bps –74 dBm @ 4 8 M bps –72 dBm @ 5 4 M b[...]

A-5 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Append ix A Techni cal Specif ic ations Recei ver delay spread (multipat h) 802.11 a/g 400 ns @ 6 Mbps 250 ns @ 9 and 12 Mbps 220 ns @ 18 Mbps 160 ns @ 24 Mbps 100 ns @ 36 Mbps 90 ns @ 48 M bp s 70 ns @ 54 M bp s 802[...]

A- 6 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installation a nd Configur ation Guide OL-4211-03 Appendi x A Technica l Speci ficat ions Antennas PC-Card bus card Integrated 0- dBi dual -band 2. 4/5- GHz diversity ante nna PCI ca rd 1-dBi dua l-band 2.4/5-G Hz ante nna, permane ntly a ttache d by 6.6-ft (2-m) ca[...]

B-1 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Guide OL-4211-03 APPEND IX B Translated Safety Warnings This appendi x provides tra nslations of the safety war nings that appear in this publication. The sec ond warning pe rta ins to t he PI 21AG client ad ap ter, and the t hir d wa[...]

B-2 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installation a nd Configur ation Guide OL-4211-03 Appendix B Trans late d S afety Wa r nings Explosi ve De vi ce Proxi m it y Wa rning Explosive Device Proximity Warning War ni n g Do not operate your wireless network device near unshielded blasting caps or in an exp[...]

B-3 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Append ix B Translated Sa fety Warni ng s Antenna Installation Warning Antenna Installa tion Warn ing War ni n g In order to comply with FCC radio frequency (RF) exposure limits, antennas should be located a t a mini[...]

B-4 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installation a nd Configur ation Guide OL-4211-03 Appendix B Trans late d S afety Wa r nings Warning f or La ptop Use rs Warning for Lapto p Users War ni n g This device has been tested and complies with FCC RF Exposure (SAR) limits in typical laptop computer configu[...]

B-5 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Append ix B Translated Sa fety Warni ng s Warni ng for Lap top Users War n un g Dieses Gerät wurde getestet und entspricht den durch di e FCC-Richtlinien festgelegten Grenzwerten für Hochfrequenzstrahlung (SAR) fü[...]

B-6 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installation a nd Configur ation Guide OL-4211-03 Appendix B Trans late d S afety Wa r nings Warning f or La ptop Use rs Va r n i n g! Den här enheten har testats och följer FCC-gränserna för radiofrekvensexponering (SAR) i vanliga konfigurationer för bärbara d[...]

C-1 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Guide OL-4211-03 APPEND IX C Declarations of Conformity and Regulatory Information This a ppend ix p rovides de cla ratio ns of co nfo rm ity and regul at ory i nf ormat ion f or the Cisc o Airone t CB21A G and PI21A G W ireless LA N [...]

C-2 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installation a nd Configur ation Guide OL-4211-03 Appendix C Declarations of Conformity and Regulatory Information Manufac turer’s Fed eral Commu nication Com m i ssion D ecl aration of Conf ormity Sta te m ent Manufacture r’s Federa l Communication Commission De[...]

C-3 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Append ix C Declara tions of Conf orm i ty and Regul at ory Inform ati on Depart ment of Com municatio ns – Canada Department of Commun ications – Cana da Canadian Compliance S tatement This Class B Digital appar[...]

C-4 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installation a nd Configur ation Guide OL-4211-03 Appendix C Declarations of Conformity and Regulatory Information European Co mmunit y, Switzerland , Norway , Ice land, and Lie cht enstei n The Dec lar ati on of C onf orm i ty r ela ted to th is produ ct ca n be fou[...]

C-5 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Append ix C Declara tions of Conf orm i ty and Regul at ory Inform ati on European Community, Switzerland, Nor way, Ic e l and, and Liechtenstein Declaration of C onformity Statemen t Cisco Aironet CB21AG Wireless LA[...]

C-6 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installation a nd Configur ation Guide OL-4211-03 Appendix C Declarations of Conformity and Regulatory Information European Co mmunit y, Switzerland , Norway , Ice land, and Lie cht enstei n Cisco Aironet PI21AG Wireless LAN Client Adapter[...]

C-7 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Append ix C Declara tions of Conf orm i ty and Regul at ory Inform ati on Declar ation of C onformity for RF Exp osure Declaration o f Conformity for RF E xposure The radi o module has been ev aluate d under FCC Bull[...]

C-8 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installation a nd Configur ation Guide OL-4211-03 Appendix C Declarations of Conformity and Regulatory Information Admini st rative Rul es for Cisco A iro net Wirele ss LAN Cl ie nt Adapte rs in Taiw an Administrative Rules for Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Client Adapt[...]

C-9 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Append ix C Declara tions of Conf orm i ty and Regul at ory Inform ati on Administrative Rules for Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Client Adapter s in Taiwan The opera tion of the low-po wer ra dio-fre quency devices is s[...]

C-10 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installation a nd Configur ation Guide OL-4211-03 Appendix C Declarations of Conformity and Regulatory Information Admini st rative Rul es for Cisco A iro net Wirele ss LAN Cl ie nt Adapte rs in Taiw an[...]

D- 1 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Guide OL-4211-03 APPEND IX D Channels, Powe r Levels, and Antenna Gains This app endix l ists th e IEEE 8 02.11a, b , and g cha nnels sup port ed by the world' s regulatory domains a s well as t he maximum po wer le vels and an [...]

D- 2 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installation a nd Configur ation Guide OL-4211-03 Appendix D Channels , Power Le vels, and Ant enna Gains Channels Channels IEEE 802.1 1a The ch anne l ident ifiers, cha nnel cente r frequ encie s, and regu lator y domain s of each IEEE 802 .11a 20-MH z-wide channel[...]

D-3 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Append ix D Channels, Pow e r Level s, an d Ante nna Gains Chann els IEEE 802.1 1b/g The ch anne l ident ifiers, cha nnel ce nter frequen cie s, and regul atory domain s of each IEEE 802 .11b/ g 22-MH z-wide channel [...]

D- 4 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installation a nd Configur ation Guide OL-4211-03 Appendix D Channels , Power Le vels, and Ant enna Gains Maxim um Pow er Lev el s and Ant enna Ga ins Maximum Po wer Levels and Ante nna Gains IEEE 802.1 1a An improper com bination of po wer lev el and antenna g ain [...]

D-5 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Append ix D Channels, Pow e r Level s, an d Ante nna Gains Maximum Power Levels and Antenna Gains IEEE 802.1 1g An improper com bination of po wer lev el and antenna g ain can result in equi valen t isotropic radia t[...]

D- 6 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installation a nd Configur ation Guide OL-4211-03 Appendix D Channels , Power Le vels, and Ant enna Gains Maxim um Pow er Lev el s and Ant enna Ga ins[...]

E-1 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Guide OL-4211-03 APPEND IX E Configuring the Client Adap ter through the Windows XP Operating System This a ppe ndix expla ins h ow to co nfigur e an d use the cl ien t a dap ter wit h Windows XP . The foll owin g topics a re co vered[...]

E-2 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installation a nd Configur ation Guide OL-4211-03 Appendix E Con figurin g the Cli ent Ada pter thr ough the Wi ndows XP Operati ng Syst em Overv iew Overview This ap pendix p rovides i n struc t ions for minima lly configu ring th e cli en t ad ap ter th rough th e [...]

E-3 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Append ix E Configuring the Client Adapter t hrough the Window s XP O perating System Over view EAP (with Dynamic WEP Keys) The stan dard fo r wirele ss LAN secur ity , as defined by IEEE, i s called 802.1X for 80 2.[...]

E-4 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installation a nd Configur ation Guide OL-4211-03 Appendix E Con figurin g the Cli ent Ada pter thr ough the Wi ndows XP Operati ng Syst em Overv iew When you e nabl e E AP on yo ur acces s po i nt a nd c onfigure yo ur cl ie nt a dapt er for EA P-TLS o r PEAP using [...]

E-5 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Append ix E Configuring the Client Adapter t hrough the Window s XP O perating System Config uring th e Client Adapt er Configuring the Client Adapte r Foll ow the steps b elo w to c o nf igur e your client adapter u[...]

E-6 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installation a nd Configur ation Guide OL-4211-03 Appendix E Con figurin g the Cli ent Ada pter thr ough the Wi ndows XP Operati ng Syst em Configur ing the Client Ad apter Figur e E-1 Wir eless Netw ork Co nnection Pr operties Window (Wir eless Networ ks T ab) Step [...]

E-7 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Append ix E Configuring the Client Adapter t hrough the Window s XP O perating System Config uring th e Client Adapt er Figur e E-2 Wir eless Netw ork Pr operties Window (Association T ab) Step 8 Perform on e of the [...]

E-8 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installation a nd Configur ation Guide OL-4211-03 Appendix E Con figurin g the Cli ent Ada pter thr ough the Wi ndows XP Operati ng Syst em Configur ing the Client Ad apter Step 10 Choose one of the follo wing options from the Netw ork Authentica tion drop-do wn list[...]

E-9 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Append ix E Configuring the Client Adapter t hrough the Window s XP O perating System Config uring th e Client Adapt er Step 12 Follow the ste ps below to en ter a sta tic W EP key if yo u ar e plan ning t o use sta [...]

E-10 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installation a nd Configur ation Guide OL-4211-03 Appendix E Con figurin g the Cli ent Ada pter thr ough the Wi ndows XP Operati ng Syst em Configur ing the Client Ad apter Step 15 Per form on e of the following if you ar e planni ng to use EAP authe nticat ion: •[...]

E-11 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Append ix E Configuring the Client Adapter t hrough the Window s XP O perating System Config uring th e Client Adapt er Step 2 Check th e Enable IEEE 802.1x authentica tion for this network check box i f you di d no[...]

E-12 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installation a nd Configur ation Guide OL-4211-03 Appendix E Con figurin g the Cli ent Ada pter thr ough the Wi ndows XP Operati ng Syst em Configur ing the Client Ad apter Step 8 If you wan t to specify the name of the serv er to connect to, check the Co nnect to t[...]

E-13 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Append ix E Configuring the Client Adapter t hrough the Window s XP O perating System Config uring th e Client Adapt er Enabling PEAP Authentication Foll ow the step s belo w to p repare the client adapter t o use P[...]

E-14 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installation a nd Configur ation Guide OL-4211-03 Appendix E Con figurin g the Cli ent Ada pter thr ough the Wi ndows XP Operati ng Syst em Configur ing the Client Ad apter Step 4 Perform on e of the fol lowing: • If you chos e Protected EAP (PEA P) , follo w the [...]

E-15 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Append ix E Configuring the Client Adapter t hrough the Window s XP O perating System Config uring th e Client Adapt er Step 3 If you wan t to specify the name of the serv er to connect to, check the Connect to t he[...]

E-16 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installation a nd Configur ation Guide OL-4211-03 Appendix E Con figurin g the Cli ent Ada pter thr ough the Wi ndows XP Operati ng Syst em Configur ing the Client Ad apter Enabling PEAP (EAP -GTC) Foll ow the step s below to enable PEAP (EAP-GTC). Step 1 Click Pr o[...]

E-17 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Append ix E Configuring the Client Adapter t hrough the Window s XP O perating System Config uring th e Client Adapt er Step 5 Check the Connect only if se rver is signed by specif ied trusted r oot CA ch ec k box i[...]

E-18 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installation a nd Configur ation Guide OL-4211-03 Appendix E Con figurin g the Cli ent Ada pter thr ough the Wi ndows XP Operati ng Syst em Assoc iat in g to an Acce ss Point U si ng Window s XP Step 9 Click OK in each window to sa ve your settings. The c onfigurati[...]

F-1 Cisco Airone t 802.11a/b/g Wire less LAN Client Ada pters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installation an d Configur ation Guide for Windows OL-4211-03 APPEND IX F Performing a Site Su rvey This appendi x explains how th e site surve y utility can be us ed when conducting a site surv ey . The foll owin g topics a re co vered in this app endix: • Overview[...]

F-2 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG an d PI21AG) Installat ion and Configur ation Gui de for Windows OL-4211-03 Appendix F Performing a Site Surv ey Overv iew Overview Note This appendix applie s only to peo ple who are responsible for c onducting a si te surv ey to det ermine the best pla cem ent of i nfra struc t[...]

F-3 Cisco Airone t 802.11a/b/g Wire less LAN Client Adapte rs (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installation an d Configuratio n Guide for Win dows OL-4211-03 Append ix F Performing a Site Surv ey Op ening the Site Survey Utility Opening the Site Survey Utility T o open the site surve y utility , choose St art > Pr ograms > Cisco Air onet > Air onet Sit[...]

F-4 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG an d PI21AG) Installat ion and Configur ation Gui de for Windows OL-4211-03 Appendix F Performing a Site Surv ey Using the A s socia ted AP Status T ab Foll ow these steps to select the desired client adapt er . Step 1 If you want to be able to choose client adapter s that are in[...]

F-5 Cisco Airone t 802.11a/b/g Wire less LAN Client Adapte rs (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installation an d Configuratio n Guide for Win dows OL-4211-03 Append ix F Performing a Site Surv ey Using the Asso ciated AP St atus Tab Viewing the Access Point’s Status The Associa ted AP Status tab sho ws the status of the access poin t to which you r client ada[...]

F-6 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG an d PI21AG) Installat ion and Configur ation Gui de for Windows OL-4211-03 Appendix F Performing a Site Surv ey Using the A s socia ted AP Status T ab Ta b l e F - 1 interprets the informatio n that is displayed on the Associate d AP Status tab . Note The trend graphs to the rig[...]

F-7 Cisco Airone t 802.11a/b/g Wire less LAN Client Adapte rs (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installation an d Configuratio n Guide for Win dows OL-4211-03 Append ix F Performing a Site Surv ey Using the Asso ciated AP St atus Tab Noise Leve l The lev el of backgr ound ra dio frequ ency energy . The lower the va lue an d t he wid er the b ar g ra ph, t he le [...]

F-8 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG an d PI21AG) Installat ion and Configur ation Gui de for Windows OL-4211-03 Appendix F Performing a Site Surv ey Using the A P Scan Li st Tab Using the AP Scan List Tab Y ou ca n perfo rm four func tions fro m the AP Scan List tab: • V ie w the A P scan list, page F-9 • Pau s[...]

F-9 Cisco Airone t 802.11a/b/g Wire less LAN Client Adapte rs (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installation an d Configuratio n Guide for Win dows OL-4211-03 Append ix F Performing a Site Surv ey Usin g the AP Sc an L i s t Tab Viewing the AP Scan L ist Y our c lient ada pter can de tect n earby access point s by the beacon signa ls that the acc ess points cont[...]

F-10 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG an d PI21AG) Installat ion and Configur ation Gui de for Windows OL-4211-03 Appendix F Performing a Site Surv ey Using the A P Scan Li st Tab T able F-2 Site Su rve y Utility - AP Scan L ist AP Scan List Parameter Des cription Coun t T he num ber o f rows, or a ccess poi nts, in[...]

F-11 Cisco Airone t 802.11a/b/g Wire less LAN Client Adapte rs (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installation an d Configuratio n Guide for Win dows OL-4211-03 Append ix F Performing a Site Surv ey Usin g the AP Sc an L i s t Tab Pausing th e AP Sca n List The AP scan list is update d contin ually . T o pause the cu rrent list, click P ause List Update above th [...]

F-12 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG an d PI21AG) Installat ion and Configur ation Gui de for Windows OL-4211-03 Appendix F Performing a Site Surv ey Using the A P Scan Li st Tab Viewing AP Details T o view de tails for a particular access point in the AP scan list, select the desired netw ork name in the scan list[...]

F-13 Cisco Airone t 802.11a/b/g Wire less LAN Client Adapte rs (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installation an d Configuratio n Guide for Win dows OL-4211-03 Append ix F Performing a Site Surv ey Usin g the AP Sc an L i s t Tab RSSI The rece i ved signal strength indic ator (RSSI) is a me asure of sign al stren gth in decibel s with respect to milliwatts (dBm)[...]

F-14 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG an d PI21AG) Installat ion and Configur ation Gui de for Windows OL-4211-03 Appendix F Performing a Site Surv ey Using the A P Scan Li st Tab Generating an AP Scan Lo g File T o enter the cu rren t c onte nts of the AP sc an list i nto a lo g f ile that can be sa ved to your com[...]

F-15 Cisco Airone t 802.11a/b/g Wire less LAN Client Adapte rs (CB21AG and PI21AG) Installation an d Configuratio n Guide for Win dows OL-4211-03 Append ix F Performing a Site Surv ey Finding the Version of the Site Survey Utility Finding the Version of the Site Survey Utility T o find the cu r rent ve rsi on of the site su rv e y utility , choose [...]

F-16 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG an d PI21AG) Installat ion and Configur ation Gui de for Windows OL-4211-03 Appendix F Performing a Site Surv ey Uni nsta lli ng t he Si te Surv ey Ut ilit y[...]

GL-1 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 GLOSSAR Y 16-QA M Quadra te ampli tude mod ulation . A modulat ion techniqu e used by IEEE 802.11-co mplia nt wireless LANs for transmissi on at 24 and 36 Mb ps. 64-QA M Quadra te ampli tude mod ulation . A modulat [...]

Glos sary GL-2 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 B bandwidth Spec ifies the am ount of th e frequ ency spectrum tha t is usab le for d ata transf er . It ide ntif ies the maximum data r ate th at a si gnal can atta in on th e med ium with out en cou nt e[...]

Glossary GL-3 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 DSSS Direct-sequence sp read spec trum. A type of spread spe ctrum radio transmission tha t spreads its signal continuo usly over a wide frequ ency band. duplicat e pac kets Pack ets that were recei ved twi[...]

Glos sary GL-4 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 . I IEEE Inst itute of Electrical and Electr onics Eng ineers . A professi onal so ciety ser ving elec trical eng ineers through its public ations, confe rences, and standards de velopment acti vities. The[...]

Glossary GL-5 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 P PAC Protect ed access creden tials. Credenti als that are either autom atically or manually pro visioned and used t o perform m utual aut henticat ion with t he RADIUS server during EA P-F AST authen tica[...]

Glos sary GL-6 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 T TKIP T empor al Key Integrity Protocol . Also refer red to as WEP ke y hashi ng . A se cu ri ty f eatu r e tha t defends agains t an attac k on WEP in whic h the intrud er uses the in itia liza tio n v e[...]

Glossary GL-7 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 W WDS W ireless domain services (WDS). An access point pro viding WDS on your wireless LAN maintains a cache o f cr ed en tials f o r C C KM- ca pa ble cli en t d e vices on you r wir eles s L AN. When a CC[...]

Glos sary GL-8 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03[...]

IN-1 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 INDEX Numerics 802.1 1 Aut h entic ati on Mod e pa rame ter 5-12 802.1 1b preamble , statu s of 7-11 802.1 1b Preamble paramete r 5-9 802.1 1 mode , i n ASTU 8-5 802.1 X authenti cation t ypes in ADU 5- 15 to 5-17 i[...]

Index IN-2 Cisco Airo net 802.11 a/b/g Wirel ess LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Inst allation and Configu ration Gu ide OL-4211-0 3 selectin g in Wind ows X P E-7 setting wireless mode 5-10 wireless LAN configur ation 1-5 ADU See Airon et Desktop Utility (ADU ) Advanc ed b ut ton 7-6 advanc ed pa ram ete rs describe d 5-2 setting 5-6 to 5-[...]

Inde x IN-3 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 associ ated AP st atus paramete rs (sit e surve y utility) F-6 t o F-8 Associated AP St atus tab (site survey utili ty) units as a percen tage F-5 units in dBm F-5 using F-4 to F-8 associ ation rejection s 7-[...]

Index IN-4 Cisco Airo net 802.11 a/b/g Wirel ess LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Inst allation and Configu ration Gu ide OL-4211-0 3 chan ne l of a cc es s p oi nt in ADU 4-5 in site survey utility F-6, F-10, F-13 chan nel of client adap ter 7-6, 7-11 Channel parame ter 5-11 chan nels, supp orted by re gulatory domai ns IEEE 8 02. 11a D-2 I[...]

Inde x IN-5 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 diagnos ing c lien t a dapt er o pe ratio n 10-3 to 10-6 Diagnostics wi ndow 7-12 Disable Ra dio ADU menu op tion 9-10 ASTU m e nu opt ion 8-7 Display in Percent param eter (site survey utili ty) F-4 Display [...]

Index IN-6 Cisco Airo net 802.11 a/b/g Wirel ess LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Inst allation and Configu ration Gu ide OL-4211-0 3 EAP-FAST option 5-31 EAP-FAST Settings window 5-32 EAP MSCH APv2 Prop ertie s windo w - Win dows XP E-15 EAP-TLS auth entication authenti cating aft er prof ile activatio n/card insertion/ reboot/ logon 6-13 d[...]

Inde x IN-7 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 setting with EAP-TL S 5-42 setting with LE AP 5-30 setting with PEAP (EAP-GTC) 5-45 setting with PEAP (EAP-MSCHAP V2 ) 5-48 setting with PEAP (EAP- MSCHAP V2) machine authenti cation w ith machine credentials[...]

Index IN-8 Cisco Airo net 802.11 a/b/g Wirel ess LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Inst allation and Configu ration Gu ide OL-4211-0 3 describe d 5-15 to 5-17 disabling 5-51 enab lin g 5-27 to 5-30 overvi ew 6-2 to 6-3 RADIUS servers su pported 5-15 requir ements 5-27 setting on client and acc ess point 5-21 stag es of 6-3 timeout value 4-9, [...]

Inde x IN-9 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 multi cast pack ets number re ceive d 7-13 number tran smitted 7-13 N network config urati ons 1-5 to 1-6 priori tizi ng c onn ect ions 10-11 problems c onnecting to 10-11 type, cu rren t 4-3, 7-5 network na [...]

Index IN- 10 Cisco Airo net 802.11 a/b/g Wirel ess LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Inst allation and Configu ration Gu ide OL-4211-0 3 PEAP (EAP -GTC) authen tication authenti cating aft er prof ile activatio n/card insertion/ reboot/ logon 6-14 describe d 5-17, E-3, E-4 disabling 5-51 enab lin g in ADU 5-42 to 5-45 in Window s XP E-13 to E[...]

Inde x IN- 11 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Q QoS See quality of service QoS Packet Scheduler enab ling on Windo ws 2000 5-51 to 5-53 enab ling on Windo ws XP 5-54 quality of service (Qo S) describe d 5-51 in site survey utility F-11 status of 7-9 R [...]

Index IN- 12 Cisco Airo net 802.11 a/b/g Wirel ess LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Inst allation and Configu ration Gu ide OL-4211-0 3 secu rity pa rameter s describe d 5-2 setting 5-13 to 5-48 Select Ad apter site survey utility menu option F-3 window (s ite survey utility) F-3 Select EAP-FAST PAC window 5-34 Select N etwork Comp onent Typ[...]

Inde x IN- 13 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 software compatibilit y with Cisco Aironet client adapters 3-9 installing 3-9 to 3-2 0 proc edures 9-3 to 9-9 uninstalling 9-6 upgradi ng 9-3 to 9-5 softwa re c om pon en ts of c li ent ad ap ter 1-4 specif[...]

Index IN- 14 Cisco Airo net 802.11 a/b/g Wirel ess LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Inst allation and Configu ration Gu ide OL-4211-0 3 third-pa rty tool, enabling in Inst all Wizar d 3-17 through put 5-8, 5-9 TKIP option in Windows XP E-8 status of 7-6 Token C onf igura ti on w indow 6-14 transl ated sa fety warnings B-1 to B- 6 transmit ke[...]

Inde x IN- 15 Cisco Airon et 802.11a/b/g Wir eless LAN Client Ad apters (CB21AG and PI 21AG) Installati on and Configur ation Gui de OL-4211-03 Wi-Fi Mul timedia (WMM) enab lin g 5-51 to 5-54 status of 7-9 Wi-Fi Pro tected A ccess (WPA ) describe d 5-18, E-4 enab lin g i n W ind ow s X P E-8 enabling with EAP-FAST 5-31 enabling with EAP-TLS 5-40 en[...]

Index IN- 16 Cisco Airo net 802.11 a/b/g Wirel ess LAN Client Adapters (CB21AG and PI21AG) Inst allation and Configu ration Gu ide OL-4211-0 3 enab lin g 5-26 to 5-27 setting on client and acc ess point 5-21 WPA option, in Wind ows X P E-8 WPA passphrase describe d 5-18, E-4 disabling 5-51 enab lin g 5-26 to 5-27 setting on client and acc ess point[...]