Asus WL-100gDeluxe - Manual (Page 7)

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Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 1
Introduction
1. Introduction
Overview
Thank you for purchasing the ASUS WLAN Card. The ASUS WLAN Card is
a PCMCIA compliant “wireless” network interface card (NIC) for any computer
equipped with a PC Card slot (available mainly in Notebook PCs).
The ASUS WLAN Card is designed to be fully compliant with both the
IEEE802.11b wireless local area network (Wireless LAN) standards. As a result
of the completion of the standard, the interoperability of Wireless LAN products
among multiple manufacturers will be guaranteed. The ASUS WLAN Card
product provides high-speed, standards-based Wireless LAN solutions.
The ASUS WLAN Card configuration utility is a user-friendly application that
helps you quickly setup multiple roaming nodes using the ASUS WLAN Card.
You can even export the configuration settings to a file and import them to
other computers for fast multiple installations using ASUS Mobile Manager.
Wireless LANs are complementary extensions to existing wired LANs, offering
complete mobility while maintaining continuous network connectivity to both
corporate and home Intranets. They add a new level of convenience for LAN
users. PC users stay connected to the network anywhere throughout a building
without being bound by a LAN wires. This is accomplished through the use of
ASUS WLAN Access Points or ASUS WLAN Home Gateways. ASUS WLAN
Home Gateways with built-in Internet gateway capability, allows your family
to share a broadband Modem and one ISP account simultaneously from different
rooms without wires! ASUS WLAN products can keep you connected
anywhere, any time.