Scanning Variables - Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Client Installation And Configuration Manual

Driver Keywords and Settings
Table 3-7
Variable
LISTENDECAY
FASTLISTENDELAY

Scanning Variables

Additional system performance adjustments can be made with the following group of variables.
Table 3-8
Variable
SCANMODE
BEACONLISTENTO
PROBEENERGYTO
PROBERESPONSETO
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Value
0–0xFFFF
0–0xFFFF
Scanning Variables
Value
ACTIVE,
PASSIVE,
ADVANCED
0–0xFFFF
0–0xFFFF
0–0xFFFF
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Description
(Optional)—Specifies the rate at which the
listen interval grows.
Default: 2
Used only in INFRASTRUCTURE mode
when POWERSAVE mode is PSP or
FASTPSP.
Listen interval begins at FASTLISTENTIME
and eventually decays to LISTENTIME.
(Optional)—Specifies the time to delay
immediately after a transmission before
beginning at FASTLISTENTIME.
Default: 200 Kusec (200ms)
Used only in INFRASTRUCTURE mode
when POWERSAVE mode is PSP or
FASTPSP.
Description
(Optional)—Determines the current scanning
mode used by the adapter.
Default: ACTIVE
(Optional)—Determines the amount of time
to listen for a beacon on each channel.
Default: 40 Kusec
Used only if SCANMODE = PASSIVE
(Optional)—Determines the amount of time
to listen for RF energy following a probe.
Default: 3 Kusec
Used only if SCANMODE = ACTIVE
(Optional)—Determines the amount of time
to wait for a probe response after energy is
detected on a channel.
Default: 20 Kusec
Used only if SCANMODE = ACTIVE
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