Re: OID_DOT11_XXX OIDs?

I'm not someone who can give you a policy answer. If they aren't used in
the Cisco driver, I'd treat them as not-required.

Paul T.

"Steven Ke" <Steven Ke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:63F0FF68-13FE-445C-B5D5-4AEC0FE66ED8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Paul:
>
> Only OID_802_11_XXX OIDs appear in the sample driver you mentioned..
> I don't see any OID_DOT11_XXX OIDs.
> (I work with the 5.0 Platform Builder).
> Does this mean the support of the OID_DOT11_XXX set is optional?
> Or these OIDs are not implemented in the miniport driver?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" wrote:
>
>> You need to use them, if you want to let the OS do its configuration of
>> your
>> adapter in a 'standard' way, yes. If you're going to have a
>> configuration
>> program to set the WEP keys, etc., then you can just look like a regular
>> NDIS adapter and that will be fine.
>>
>> Look at the sample driver for the Cisco 3xx card series in
>> \WINCE420\PRIVATE\WINCEOS\COMM\NDISMINI\PCX500 to see what MS did to
>> support
>> that card.
>>
>> Paul T.
>>
>> "Steven Ke" <Steven Ke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:5A7FC22D-2F29-4609-B03E-1EC19905D886@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Hi:
>> >
>> > I am going to develop an 802.11 miniport driver on Windows CE.
>> > I am migrating from the desktop world.
>> > I just learned from the MSDN library that there are some OIDs for
>> > 802.11
>> > which aren't used by the desktop Windows vesions. These OIDs begin with
>> > OID_DOT11_XXX. Are these OIDs mandatory? Does the WLAN configuration
>> > utility
>> > of Windows CE use these OIDs?
>> > Should I support both sets of 802.11OIDs (i.e. OID_802_11_XXX and
>> > OID_DOT11_XXX)?
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Steven
>>
>>
>>


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