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SpeedStream Wireless PCI Adapter User’s Manual

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the SpeedStream Wireless PCI Adapter. This high-speed SpeedStream Wireless PCI Adapter provides you with an innovative wireless networking solution. The Adapter is easy to set up and use. With this innovative wireless technology, you can share files and printers on the network—without inconvenient wires!

The Adapter is a network Adapter with a rate of 1, 2, 5.5, and 11 Mbps operating in the ISM band using Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) transmission implementing the IEEE 802.11b standard. This Adapter provides Device Drivers for Windows Operating Systems. It also provides tools for the configuration of the Adapter. The tool, as well as the installation steps of the plug-and-play procedure for the Windows operating systems, is described in this document.

Features

The SpeedStream Wireless PCI Adapter offers compliance with the IEEE 802.11b specification. This feature allows the adapter to communicate with other wireless devices that support the standard. Features of the Adapter are:

￿￿Uses 2.4GHz frequency band, which complies with worldwide requirement

￿￿Wireless interface following the IEEE 802.11b standard ￿￿Using PCI interface

￿￿Enciphering/deciphering of wireless data by the implementation of the

WEP algorithm

￿￿Wire-free access to networked resources from anywhere beyond the desktop

￿￿Allows users to move between Access Points without resetting their connection reconfiguration

￿￿Delivers data rates up to 11 Mbps ￿￿Supports 11, 5.5, 2, and 1 Mbps rates

￿￿Provides SpeedStream Wireless PCI Adapter Configuration utility

￿￿The Adapter uses external Antenna with LEDs indicating Power and Link

￿￿Supports most popular operating systems

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