Appendix

2.Technical Specifications

PCMCIA NIC Card, Type II, Plug and Play PC Card 2.1 Compliant. compatible to the wireless LAN standard IEEE802.11/802.1b

compatible to all products of other suppliers that comply with the wireless LAN standard IEEE802.11/802.11b

compatible also with wireless LAN hardware that only supports slower data transfer rates (e.g. 1 Mb/s or 2 Mb/s)

Data transfer rate wireless 11, 5.5, 2 or 1 Mb/s, autosensing 40-bit data encryption with WEP

LED Indicators for link and power

Power consumption: TX power consumption: <350mA; RX power

consumption: <250mA; Sleep Mode power consumption: 17mA

Output power: 13dbm (PA output power 18dB)

Uses Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) technology Uses the 2.4 GHz international ISM band.

Operating frequency : 2.412-2.472 GHz (Europe ETSI) 2.457-2.472 GHz (France)

13channels ( France: 4 channels ) to be assigned for the wireless connection Usable in peer to peer (w/o acces point) or infrastructured (including access to a wired ethernet) network environments

wModulation: CCK (11Mbps, 5.5Mbps), DQPSK (2Mbps), DBPSK (1Mbps) Maximum range up to 45m inside (depending on the local building conditions) and up to 400m outside of buildings

Range Coverage:

Sensitivity:

11M 460 feet = 140m (In Open

Environment)

5.5M 656 feet = 200m

2M 885 feet = 270m

1M 1311 feet = 400m

@PER<0.08

11Mbps<-83dBm

5.5Mbps<-86dBm

2Mbps<-89dBm

1Mbps<-91dBm

Environment Information

Working Temperature:

Storage Temperature:

Humidity (non-condensing):

Size and Weight:

0 ~ 55°C

-20~ 80°C

5~90%

PCMCIA type II

113mm L x 54mm W x 5.3mm H

(Antenna included)

Compact Size Weight < 50g

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Wireless LAN - 11 PCMCIA Card specifications

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