Sonnet Technologies Aria extreme CardBus and PCI Card Windows - Manual (Page 9)

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Chapter 1—Introduction
The Aria extreme is a cross-platform, high-speed 802.11g wireless LAN adapter (CardBus or
PCI) card. It enables your computer to connect to a wireless network and access the Internet,
and share resources, such as files and networked printers, without being bound to network
wires.
Operating in 2.4GHz Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) radio transmission range, the
Aria extreme transfers data at speeds up to 54Mbps when communicating with other 802.11g
devices, but is also backward compatible with 802.11b (Wi-Fi) devices. Both Ad-Hoc and
Infrastructure modes are supported, and for network security concerns, the 64/128-bits Wired
Equivalent Protection (WEP) algorithm is used. In addition, its standard compliance ensures
that it can communicate with any 802.11b/g network.