802.11 Wireless LAN Object Identifiers (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)
1/6/2010
The following table shows the 802.11 Wireless LAN object identifiers with a description of the purpose of each.
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This object identifier, when set, requests that the miniport driver set an 802.11 wired equivalent privacy (WEP) key to a specified value. |
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This object identifier, when set, requests that the miniport driver set its NIC's 802.11 authentication mode to a specified value. |
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This object identifier (OID), when set, requests that a miniport driver assign a specified value to the media access control (MAC) address of the access point associated with the NIC. |
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This object identifier returns a list of all BSSIDs detected, including their attributes specified in the NDIS_REQUEST data structure. |
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This object identifier requests that the miniport driver direct the 802.11 NIC to request a survey of BSSs. |
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This object identifier, when set, requests that the miniport driver set the NIC's radio configuration parameters to specified values. |
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This object identifier, when set, requests that the miniport driver set its NIC's set of data transmission rates to the values specified in an array. |
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This object identifier requests that the miniport driver command its NIC to disassociate from the current service set and turn off the radio. |
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This object identifier, when set, requests that the miniport driver set the NIC's packet fragmentation threshold to a specified value. |
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This object identifier, when set, requests that the miniport driver set the 802.11 NIC's infrastructure mode to a specified value. |
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This object identifier notifies the NIC driver of the presence or absence of latency sensitive traffic. |
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This object identifier, when set, requests that the miniport driver set type information about the physical layer network used by the 802.11 NIC to a specified value. |
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This object identifier requests that the miniport driver return an array of all physical layer network subtypes that the 802.11 NIC and the driver support. |
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This object identifier requests that the miniport driver return the number of antennas on the NIC's radio. |
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This object identifier, when set, requests that the miniport driver set the power mode of the 802.11 NIC to the specified value. |
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This object identifier, when set, requests that the miniport driver set its NIC's 802.1X privacy filter mode to a specified value. |
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This object identifier turns the radio on or off. |
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This object identifier requests that the miniport driver reload the available defaults of a specified type. |
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This object identifier requests that the miniport driver remove the wired equivalent privacy (WEP) key at the specified key index. |
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This object identifier requests that the miniport driver return the received signal strength indication (RSSI) in response to a query or as a status indication event. |
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This object identifier when set, requests that the miniport driver set the RSSI trigger value. This value determines when an RSSI status indication event will occur. |
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This object identifier, when set, requests that the miniport driver set the Request To Send (RTS) threshold to a specified value. |
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This object identifier, when set, requests that the miniport driver set, to a specified value, the antenna number that identifies the currently selected receive (RX) antenna. |
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This object identifier, when set, requests that the miniport driver assign a specified value to the NIC's service set identifier (SSID). |
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This object identifier requests that the miniport driver return the current statistics for the 802.11 interface. |
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This object identifier requests that the miniport driver return its NIC's data rate set, which includes the data rates that the NIC's radio supports. |
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This object identifier, when set, requests that the miniport driver set, to a specified value, the antenna number that identifies the currently selected transmit (TX) antenna. |
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This object identifier, when set, requests that the miniport driver set the transmit power level of the 802.11 NIC to a specified value. |
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This object identifier requests that the miniport driver set its NIC's 802.11 WEP status to enabled or disabled. |
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This object identifier requests that the card synchronize with a BSS. |
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This object identifier specifies the announcement traffic information message (ATIM) window size in TUs. |
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This object identifier specifies the number of TU that a station uses for scheduling Beacon transmissions. |
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This is a bit-significant value, that represents all of the CCA modes supported by the PHY. |
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This object identifier, together with OID_CCA_Watchdog_Timer_Max, determines when energy detected in the channel can be ignored. |
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The minimum value to which OID_CCA_Watchdog_Count can be set. |
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This object identifier, together with OID_CCA_Watchdog_Count_Max, determines when energy detected in the channel can be ignored. |
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The minimum value to which OID_CCA_Watchdog_Timer_Max can be set. |
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This object identifier, when true, indicates that the station (STA) can respond to a CF-Poll with a data frame within a Short Inter-Frame Spacing (SIFS) time. |
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The object identifier describes the maximum duration of the CFP in TU that may be generated by the PCF. |
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The object identifier describes the number of Delivery Traffic Indicator Message (DTIM) intervals between the start of CFPs. |
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This object identifier indicates that the PHY channel agility functionality is enabled. |
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This object identifier indicates that the PHY is capable of channel agility. |
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This object identifier queries statistics from the NIC. |
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This object identifier identifies the country/region in which the NIC is operating. |
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The current CCA method in operation. |
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The current operating frequency channel of the DSSS PHY. |
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The current channel number of the frequency output by the RF synthesizer. |
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The current time, in TU, that the transmitter operates on a single channel, as set by the MAC. Default is 19 TU. |
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The number of the currently operating frequency channel of the Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) physical layer. |
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The current index value that the PHY LME is using to determine the CurrentChannelNumber. |
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This object identifier turns on or turns off a NIC's offload capabilities. |
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This object identifier sets the NIC into station or access point (AP) mode. |
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This object identifier turns on or turns off the operational capabilities enabled on the NIC. |
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This object identifier specifies the packet types that a NIC can indicate up to the Native 802.11 layer. |
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The current pattern that the PHY LME is using to determine the hop sequence. |
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This object identifier is an 8-bit integer value that identifies the PHY type supported by the attached Physical Layer Convergence Protocol (PLCP) and Physical Medium Dependent (PMD) sublayer. |
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The current regulatory domain that this instance of the PMD supports. |
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This object identifier queries the current antenna being used to receive, if OID_DOT11_DIVERSITY_SUPPORT indicates that diversity is not supported. |
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The current set of patterns that the PHY LME is using to determine the hopping sequence |
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This object identifier queries the current antenna being used to transmit. |
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The TxPowerLevel N currently being used to transmit data. |
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This object identifier passes the default key that is used to decrypt or encrypt packets. |
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This object identifier removes the default key that is used to decrypt or encrypt packets. |
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When true, this object identifier indicates that the antenna represented by uAntennaListIndex can be used for receive diversity. |
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This object identifier supports diversity. |
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This object identifier specifies the number of beacon intervals that elapse between transmissions of Beacons frames containing a TIM element whose DTIM count field is zero. |
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This object identifier, when queried, returns the DSSS-OFDM option enabled truth value. When set, this object identifier sets the DSSS-OFDM option enabled truth value. |
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This object identifier, when queried, returns the DSSS-OFDM option implemented truth value. This value, when true, indicates that the DSSS-OFDM option is implemented. The default value is set to FALSE. |
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The current Energy Detect Threshold that is being used by the Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) physical layer. |
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When this object identifier is true, it indicates that the STA is capable of operate using the HCC or EHCC algorithms to determine the hopping patterns. |
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When this object identifier is true, it indicates that the STA is capable of generating the HCC or EHCC algorithms to determine the hopping patterns. |
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This object identifier indicates the value to be used as the maximum for the family index (a) in the HCC and EHCC algorithms. |
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This object identifier indicates the value to be used as the prime radix (N) in the HCC and EHCC algorithms. |
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This object identifier, when queried, returns the ERP-PBCC option enabled truth value. When set, this object identifier sets the ERP-PBCC option enabled truth value. |
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This object identifier, when queried, returns the ERP-PBCC option implemented truth value. This value, when true, indicates that the ERP-PBCC modulation option is implemented. The default value is set to FALSE. |
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This object identifier specifies the current maximum size, in octets, of the MAC Protocol Data Unit (MPDU) that may be delivered to the PHY. |
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The capability of the Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) physical layer implementation to operate in the three U-NII bands. |
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This object identifier indicates which of the algorithms will be used to generate the Hopping Patterns. |
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The number of channels for the hopping set. |
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This object identifier queries the next position in the hopping set. |
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The time, in microseconds, for the PMD to change from channel 2 to channel 80. |
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This object identifier queries the hopping pattern table used by FHS file. |
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This object identifier is a bit-significant value, that represents all of the CCA modes supported by the PHY. |
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This object identifier requests that the card synchronize with a Basic Service Set (BSS). |
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This object identifier indicates the maximum number of transmission attempts of a frame, the length of which are greater than OID_DOT11_RTS_THRESHOLD that are made before a failure condition is indicated. |
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This object identifier queries the unique MAC address assigned to the STA. |
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The maximum time, in TU, that the transmitter is permitted to operate on a single channel. |
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This object identifier, when queried, returns the maximum number of MAC address states that a NIC can maintain at a time. A value of 0 implies that the number of MAC addresses a NIC can support is limited by system resources. Otherwise, the NIC driver must report a number which is at least 32. The NIC may choose to create a state for a MAC address based on the first MSDU transmitted to that MAC address. It may also choose to delete a MAC address when the state has remained idle for 1 minute based on a least recently used scheme. |
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This object identifier is the elapsed time, in TU, after the initial reception of a fragmented MMPDU or MSDU, after which further attempts to reassemble the MMPDU or MSDU is terminated. |
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The Max_Transmit_MSDU_Lifetime is the elapsed time, in TU, after the initial transmission of an MSDU, after which further attempts to transmit the MSDU is terminated. |
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This object identifier indicates the maximum amount of time, in TU, that a point coordinator may control a wireless medium without allowing at least one instance of DCF access to the medium. |
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This object identifier queries the maximum size of the MAC Protocol Data Unit (MPDU). |
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This object identifier is an auxiliary variable used to identify instances of the columnar objects in the Multi-Domain Capability Table. |
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This object identifier, when TRUE, indicates that the ability of the NIC to operate in multiple regulatory domains is enabled. |
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This object identifier, when TRUE, indicates that the NIC implementation is capable of supporting multiple regulatory domains. |
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This object identifier sets the NIC power state. When set to TRUE, the power is turned on. |
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This object identifier represents NIC–specific extension information. |
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The number of sets field that indicates the total number of sets within the hopping patterns. |
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This object identifier queries a NIC's offload capability. |
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This object identifier queries the capability of operation mode. |
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This object identifier specifies the set of data rates at which the station may transmit data. |
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This object identifier queries the optional capability supported by the NIC. |
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This object identifier, when true, indicates that the Packet Binary Convolutional Code (PBCC) modulation option as defined in sub-clause 18.4.6.6 is implemented. |
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This object identifier specifies the power management mode of the STA. |
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When this object identifier is true, it indicates that a Random Table is present. |
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This object identifier, when queried, returns all DOT11_RECV_SENSITIVITY entries for a specified PHY type. |
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There are different operational requirements that depend on the regulatory domain. |
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This object identifier resets the NIC. |
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The object identifier represents a NIC's knowledge of how busy a radio frequency (RF) spectrum is, as a percentage. |
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This object identifier represents the NIC's RSSI range for the specified PHY type across all data rates for that PHY. |
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This object identifier indicates the number of octets in an MAC Protocol Data Unit (MPDU), below which an RTS/CTS handshake is not performed. |
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This object identifier requests a survey of potential Basic Service Sets (BSS) that the station may later try to join. |
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This object identifier, when true, indicates that the short preamble option as defined in subclause 18.2.2.2 is implemented. |
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This object identifier indicates the maximum number of transmission attempts of a frame, the length of which are less than or equal to OID_DOT11_RTS_THRESHOLD, that are made before a failure condition is indicated. |
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This object identifier, when queried, returns the short slot time option enabled truth value. When set, this object identifier sets the short slot time option enabled truth value. |
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This object identifier, when queried, returns the short slot time option implemented truth value. This value, when true, indicates that the short slot time option is implemented. The default value is set to FALSE. |
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This object identifier requests that the card start a BSS. |
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The object identifier allows a manager to identify a station for its own purposes while keeping the true MAC address independent. |
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The Transmit bit rates that are supported by the PLCP and PMD, represented by a count from X'02-X'7f, that correspond to data rates in increments of 500Kb/s from 1 Mb/s to 63.5 Mb/s subject to limitations of each individual PHY. |
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This is an 8-bit integer value that identifies the PHY type supported by the attached PLCP and PMD. |
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This object identifier queries the number of power levels supported by the PMD. |
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When true, this object identifier indicates that the antenna represented by the uAntennaListIndex can be used as a receive antenna. |
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When true, this object identifier indicates that the antenna represented by uAntennaListIndex can be used as a transmit antenna. |
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This object identifier describes the current PHY's operating temperature range capability. |
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The threshold value being used to detect a busy medium (frequency). CCA reports a busy medium when it detects the Received Signal Strength Intensity (RSSI) above this threshold. |
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This object identifier requests that the underlying card add or update one or more IEs for an already started BSS. |
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This counter increments when the following conditions are true: |
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This object identifier passes a per-station key used for encrypting or decrypting packets. |
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This object identifier removes the per-station key for the NIC. |
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This object identifier queries the values for current Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) sequence counters. |