User's Manual

Operating Your Computer 2-26

Using the Wireless LAN

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/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 Mbps or

100 ~ 210 2.4 / 5 Spatial multiplexing, uses MIMO

(multiple-input multiple-output)

NOTE: 802.11g mode is backward compatible with 802.11b mode.

If your WLAN card was provided by your dealer instead of the computer

manufacturer, contact your dealer for the correct driver to use.