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Operating Your Computer
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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.