Dell X300 manual Wireless Solutions, Wireless LAN Features

WIRELESS SOLUTIONS

•Wireless LAN Features

–The Latitude X300 is wireless enabled -- each configuration ships with an integrated dual band (2.4GHz & 5GHz) antenna and a mini-PCI Wi-Fi® 802.11 wireless LAN card.

–The wireless LAN solutions available on the Latitude X300 allow users to stay connected while roaming through a building or campus equipped with compliant Access Points.

–The X300’s 2 dual-band internal antennae are utilised only when the mini-PCI wireless card is installed. Users who choose to populate the mini-PCI slot with a Wi-Fi® 802.11 wireless card benefit by leaving the PCMCIA slot available for other needs.

–The indicator lights located on the RJ45 LAN connector indicate wireless status and link activity – enabling user awareness of connectivity

–The card can also be easily disabled by pressing the Fn-F2 key or through the BIOS setup screen.

–The WiFi 802.11 Mini-PCI wireless LAN card is user accessible via the door on the bottom of the notebook.

–Intel Centrino? Mobile Technology solution

•The X300 features the new Intel® Centrino™ Mobile technology utilising the Intel® Pro/Wireless 2100 802.11b Mini PCI card, Intel® Pentium® M Processor and Intel® 855GM chipset

•Intel® Centrino™ Mobile Technology with wireless LAN capabilities is designed specifically for wireless notebook PCs

–Dell TrueMobile™ Wireless LAN Solutions

•The Latitude X300 also features a choice of Dell TrueMobileTM wireless LAN solutions with the option o either a TrueMobileTM 1300 (802.11b/g) or TrueMobileTM 1400 (802.11a/b/g) mini-PCI card.

•The Dell TrueMobileTM 1170 wireless Access Point (TM 1170AP) can also be added to X300 orders at the point of sale or purchased separately.

•Integrated Dell TrueMobile™ 300 Bluetooth Wireless Solution

–The Dell Latitude X300 features an optional TrueMobileTM 300 integrated Bluetooth wireless solution via a daughter card on the motherboard

–The optional TrueMobileTM 300 Bluetooth module incorporates its own antenna & radio that is separate from the wireless LAN solution

–The TrueMobileTM 300 Bluetooth module is located in the front left center of the system

–A Bluetooth status indicator light is also featured on the LCD status bar for easy identification of Bluetooth activity

•Integrated 10/100 LAN in X300 system and 10/100/1000 LAN in X300 MediaBase

–The Dell Latitude X300 MediaBase features an integrated Broadcom 10/100/1000 Ethernet chip which supports Wake-on-LAN from all power states (Off, Hibernate, and Standby), allowing remote systems management.

–The Dell Latitude X300 features an integrated 10/100 Ethernet chip which supports Wake-on-LAN from all power states (Off, Hibernate, and Standby).

–The RJ-45 port is located on the back side of the MediaBase and on the left side of the notebook.