User's Manual

1 Introduction

Thank you for purchasing the Hawking Technologies Hi-Gain 802.11g Wireless CardBus card. This

card complies with the IEEE 802.11g standard, which supports up to 54Mbps high-speed wireless

networking. It is also backwards compatible with IEEE 802.11b devices. The HWC54D is a high quality,

high performance wireless product that has been designed with Hawking’s Hi-Gain Technology for

improved distance and throughput.

For wireless security issues, this card supports 64/128-bit WEP data encryption that protects your

wireless network from eavesdropping. It also supports the WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) security

standard that combines IEEE 802.1x and TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) technologies. Client

users are required to authorize before accessing to APs or AP Routers, and the data transmitted in the

network is encrypted/decrypted by a dynamically changed secret key. This card also has built-in an

AES engine which ensure the highest degree of security and authenticity for digital information and it is

the most advanced solution defined by IEEE 802.11i for security in wireless networks.

The power consumption of the card is also very low. Furthermore, this card provides several levels of

power saving modes allowing the user to optimize the battery life of their notebooks.

1.1 Features

• Works with both IEEE 802.11b and IEEE 802.11g products.

• Designed with Hawking Hi-Gain Technology

• Directional Hi-Gain Antenna for increased Wireless Distance and elimination of wireless

interference from laptop components

• High-speed transfer data rate - up to 54Mbps.

• High throughput allows for the transfer of data heavy multi-media files.

• Supports 64/128-bit WEP, WPA (TKIP with IEEE 802.1x) and AES functions for the highest

level of security.

• Automatic fallback increases data security and reliability.

• Supports the most popular operating systems: Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP.

• Supports the 32-bit Cardbus interface.

1.2 Specifications

• Standard: IEEE 802.11b/g

• Interface: 32-bit Cardbus

• Frequency Band: 2.4000 ~ 2.4835GHz (Industrial Scientific Medical Band)

• Modulation: OFDM with BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM (11g)

BPSK, QPSK, CCK (11b)

• Data Rate: 54/48/36/24/18/12/11/9/6/5.5/2/1Mbps auto fallback