User's Manual

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

• Laptop PC containing:

− 32-bit CardBus slot (or 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)