User guide

AirCard® 597E ExpressCard - User Guide
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Package contents
YourAirCardExp ressCardpackagecontainsthefollowing
components:
• AirCard 597EExpressCard
• QuickStartGuide
ToinstalltheAirCardExpressCarddri versandsoftware,you
donotneedaninstallationCD.YourAirCardExpressCard
usestheSierraWirelessTRU ‐Insta llfeature—thedriversand
softwareareinstalledwhenyouinserttheAirCard
ExpressCardintoyour
computer.
System components
YourAirCard 597EExpressCardisjustonepartofasystem
designedtoprovideyouwithawiderangeofcommunication
features.Everycomponentofthesystemisneededtoenable
thesecapabilities.
Your host computing device
YournotebookhoststheAirCardExpressCardhardwareand
runsthecommunicationsoftware:yourwebbrowserore‐mail
application,andWatcher—theAirCardExpressCardenabling
software.
Youmayalsohaveothersoftwareonyourcomputerthatcan
beusedwirelesslywiththeAirCardExpressCard,suchas:file
transferapplications(FTP),chator
instantmessaging,aVPN
(VirtualPrivateNetwork)client,clientsoftwareforacorporate
serverapplication.
The AirCard 597E ExpressCard
TheAirCardExpressCardprovidesyourcomputerwitha
connectiontotheCDMAwirelessnetwork.
TheAirCardExpressCardfitsintoastandardExpressCard/34
orExpressCard/54slotavailableonnewernotebookPCs.With
anoptionalExpressCard/34adapter(soldseparately),youcan
usetheAirCardExpressCardinaPCCardslot.
EveryCDMAnetworkoperates
ononeofthreeradio
frequencybands.Asadual‐bandproduct,theAirCard
ExpressCardoperatesontwoofthesebands (seepage 36),
providingawidecoveragearea.