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Operating Your Computer

2-22

Using the Wireless LAN (Optional)

Depending on your model, an internal mini PCI-E wireless LAN
(WLAN) card may have been pre-installed by your computer
manufacturer at the factory. This card allows you to access corporate
networks or the Internet in a wireless environment.

The WLAN features include:

z

Peer-to-Peer (Ad-Hoc) and Access Point (Infrastructure) modes
support

z

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) 64/128-bit data encryption

z

IEEE 802.11a/b/g or 802.11b/g or 802.11b/g/n standard compliance


Technology

Stated

Maximum

Throughput

(Mbps)


Data Rates

(Mbps)


Band (GHz)


Modulation Technology

802.11a

54

54, 48, 36,
24, 18, 12,
9, 6

5.15 ~ 5.35

OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency
Division Multiplexing)

802.11b

11

11, 5.5, 2, 1 2.412 ~ 2.462 DSSS (Direct Sequence Spread

Spectrum)

802.11g

54

54, 36, 18,
9

2.4

OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency
Division Multiplexing)

802.11n

100 or more

100 ~ 210

2.4 / 5

Spatial multiplexing, uses MIMO
(multiple-input multiple-output)

NOTE: 802.11g mode is backward compatible with 802.11b mode.

To take advantage of the WLAN feature, make sure that the wireless LAN
driver is installed correctly. (See chapter 6 for details.) If your WLAN
card was provided by your dealer instead of the computer manufacturer,
contact your dealer for the correct driver to use.

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