Instruction Manual

Operating Your Computer 2-22

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,

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.