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AirCard® 597E ExpressCard - User Guide

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Feature summary

Note: For step-by-step instruc-

tions to access features of the

AirCard ExpressCard, consult

the online help available with

Watcher

(page 33).

TheAirCardExpressCardisdesignedtoprovideawiderange

ofcapabilitiesusingCDMAnetworktechnology.Implemen‐

tationofthesefeaturesdependsontheparticularservice

providerandaccountfeaturesyouhavechosen.

Somefeaturesdescribedinthismanualmaynotbesupported

byyourserviceproviderormaynotbe

availablewithyour

networkaccount.Fordetailsoftheservicesandaccounts

available,contactyourserviceprovider.

Wireless ExpressCard

Onceinstalledandconfigured,theAirCardExpressCardcan

connecttotheCDMAnetworkautomatically.Youjustinsert

theAirCardExpressCard,allowWatchertoautolaunchand

authenticateyouraccountonthenetwork,thenlaunchyour

Internetbrowser(whichyoucanalsoconfigureinWatcherto

launchautomatically)—you’reonline!

Alternatively,youcanmake

ahigh‐speeddataconnection

withoutrunningWatcher—simplybylaunchingwhatever

applicationyouwanttouse(suchasyourwebbrowseror

e‐mailapplication).Prerequisites:youmusthavepreviously

selected,inWatcher,“

Always-on”for thehigh‐speedconnection

and(subjecttofeature availability)“

Enable NIC for data

connections

”.

TheAirCardExpressCardalsoallowsyoutodialupamodem

(suchasacorporateserver).

CDMA 3G services

TheAirCardExpressCardoperatesoveratypeofwireless

networkcalledCDMA (CodeDivisionMultipleAccess).

CDMA 3Gtechnologyprovidesavarietyofconnectivity

features,dependingonyourserviceproviderandaccount:

• 1x‐EVDORev.AsupportsInternetconnectionswithdata

ratesupto3.1 Mbps(downlinkfromthenetwork)and

1.8 Mbps(uplink

tothenetwork).Averagedataratesare

450‐800 Kbps(downlinkfromthenetwork)and

300‐400 Kbps(uplinktothenetwork).Actualspeed

dependsonthenetworkconditions.

• 1x‐EVDORev.0supportsInternetconnectionswithdata

ratesupto2.4 Mbps(downlinkfromthenetwork)and

153 Kbps(uplinktothe

network).Averagedataratesare

400‐700 Kbps(downlinkfromthenetwork)and