User's Manual

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1. Introduction
The Wireless Network Adapter is an IEEE 802.11a two-chip
solution reference design based on the Atheros chipset.
This reference design implements a half-duplex, Orthogonal
Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) baseband processor
supporting all IEEE 802.11a data rates (6 to 54 Mbp) and
802.11b.It al o supports the Atheros Turbo Mode TM supporting
data rates up to 108 Mbps .The host interface is compatible with
the PC Card 7.1 standard.
Package Contents
Make sure the following materials are available before you begin:
• Release CD, or electronic equivalent
• Wireless Network Adapter
System Requirements
• IBM Thinkpad 2628 or Toshiba Satellite Pro 6100 Laptop
PC containing:
− 32-bit CardBus slot on either side of laptop
computer
− 32 MB memory or greater
− 300 MHz processor or higher
§ Desktop PC with PC card-PCI adapter
− 32 MB memory or greater
− 300 MHz processor or higher
• Microsoft Window 2000/Windows Millennium
Edition/Windows 98 Second Edition/Windows
XP/Windows NT 4.0 (with Service Pack 6)