Owner's Manual

NOTE: The DW WLAN Card uses an automatic transmit rate select mechanism.
NOTE: See
Regulatory for country-specific performance characteristics and use restrictions.
Characteristic Description
Compatibility • IEEE 802.11g standard for wireless LAN (OFDM)
• IEEE 802.11b standard for wireless LAN (DSSS)
Network operating system Microsoft Windows Networking
Host operating system • Microsoft Windows XP
• Microsoft Windows 2000
NDIS5 miniport driver
Medium access protocol CSMA/CA (collision avoidance) with acknowledgment (ACK)
Data rate (Mbps) • IEEE 802.11b: 1, 2, 5.5, 11
• IEEE 802.11g: 1, 2, 5.5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54
Radio Characteristics
Characteristic Description
Frequency band • IEEE 802.11b: 2.4 GHz (2400–2500 MHz)
• IEEE 802.11g: 2.4 GHz (2400–2500 MHz)
Modulation technique IEEE 802.11b: direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS)
• CCK for high and medium transmit rate
• DQPSK for standard transmit rate
• DBPSK for low transmit rate
IEEE 802.11g: orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)