User's Manual

Operating Your Computer 2-27
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:
 WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) 64/128-bit data encryption
 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,
9
2.4
OFDM (Orthogonal
Frequency Division
Multiplexing)
802.11n
100 Mbps 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.