Hypertec HYNEP61056 - Manual (Page 5)

PC Card standard compatibility and Plug and Play features are assured with full support of
all major operating systems. Compatibility with all major Network Operating Systems is
guaranteed by Silicom’s wide range of thoroughly tested NOS drivers. The Data/Fax
Modem is installed as a COM port and runs an extended AT command set, enabling it to
work with all major Fax/Modem software.
The video-ready interface supplied by the CardBus 10/100 TX M56 provides
videoconferencing capability using traditional POTS lines.
The Hypertec CardBus 10/100 TX M56 Card is compliant with the OnNow Network
Device Class Power Management Specification, the PCI Power Management Interface, and
the ACPI Specification. The Hypertec CardBus 10/100 TX M56 Card supports all PC 97
Design Guide and the PC 98 Draft Design Guide network device class requirements.
56Kbps Technology
The Hypertec CardBus 10/100 TX M56 Card uses K56flex× and V.90 modem
technologies to reach speeds of up to 56Kbps over standard phone lines. This, together
with downstream speeds of up to 56Kbps provided by the
user’s Internet Service Provider (ISP) results in dramatically faster delivery of Internet
information.
The higher speeds are achieved by using only one digital-to-analog line conversion in the
connection between the user and the Internet Service Provider. This requires the ISP to
have a direct digital connection, and the modems at both ends must be compatible. Using
V.90 and K56flex× technologies, data is downloaded from the server at speeds of up to
56Kbps, while data sent upstream by the user travels at the standard V.34 maximum rate of
33.6Kbps.