Wi-Fi Catalog Items and Sysgen Variables (Compact 2013)
3/26/2014
In Windows Embedded Compact, you can implement various wireless LAN technologies that enable you to implement a range of wireless networking scenarios. The following technologies and standards are supported in Windows Embedded Compact:
- 802.11 authentication
- 802.1x authentication
- Automatic Configuration
- Native 802.11
- Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
- Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
- Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
- Wireless network adapters
- Roaming
For more information, see Native Wi-Fi Reference.
For more information about how to add or remove catalog items, see Create Your First OS.
Hardware and Software Requirements
- Requires a Wi-Fi driver. For more information, see Network Driver Catalog Items and Sysgen Variables.
- For supporting authentication services for wireless connections, requires NTLM (SYSGEN_AUTH_NTLM) and Schannel (SSL/TLS) (SYSGEN_AUTH_SCHANNEL). For more information, see Authentication Services Catalog Items and Sysgen Variables.
Catalog Items and Sysgen Variables
The following table describes the catalog items that you can use to provide support for wireless technologies.
Catalog item |
SYSGEN variable |
Description |
Dependencies |
|---|---|---|---|
Wireless LAN (802.11) STA - Automatic Configuration and 802.1x |
SYSGEN_ETH_80211_NWIFI |
Provides the 802.11 native Wi-Fi stack, which creates and manages data connections to wireless networks. |
None. |