IBM 19K4543 manual Part 1 Installation and user’s guide, Product description

Part 1: Installation and user’s guide

This section provides the product and software descriptions, and the installation and user’s guide.

Product description

The High-Rate Wireless LAN PC Card is a standard PC Card that fits into any PC Card Type II slot.

The High-Rate Wireless LAN PC Card has two light-emitting diode (LED) indicators and two integrated antennas. You can use the High-Rate Wireless LAN PC Card in combination with an external antenna.

The High-Rate Wireless LAN PC Card is a wireless network PC Card that complies with the IEEE 802.11 standard on wireless LANs (Revision B) and supports data transfer rates up to 11 MBps.

The High-Rate Wireless LAN PC Card is fully compatible with any other wireless LAN system based on direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) radio technology that complies with the IEEE 802.11 standard on wireless LANs (Revision B).

The High-Rate Wireless LAN PC Card supports the following wireless LAN features:

•Automatic Transmit Rate Select mechanism in the range of “High, Medium, Standard and Low”

•Frequency Channel Selection (2.4 GHz)

•Roaming over multiple channels

•Card Power Management

•Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) data encryption, based on the 64 bit RC4 encryption algorithm as defined in the IEEE 802.11 standard on wireless LANs

In addition to this manual, your package contains the following:

•High-Rate Wireless LAN PC Card

•Transparent protective casing for PC Card storage

Note: To extend the life of the PC Card hardware, store the PC Card in the protective casing whenever carrying the computer on travel without operating the device.

•The High-Rate Wireless LAN software CD

If any of these items are missing or damaged, contact your reseller.

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