User's Manual

1. Introduction

This Wireless LAN Cardbus Adapter is designed to comply with IEEE 802.11g

Wireless LAN standard and easy to carry with the compact size. It is suitable

for any laptop computers and provides maximum data transfer rate up to 54

Mbps. This Cardbus Adapter supports WEP, WPA and AES high level WLAN

security features the guarantee the best security for users. It also supports

Windows OS Plug & Play and Cardbus Hot Swap which allows user plug in or

remove it without rebooting the system.

Wireless LAN Cardbus Adapter operates with Microsoft Windows operating

systems such as Windows XP/2000/ME/98SE, it is capable to operate with

Ad-hoc mode (pier to pier without an Access Point) or Infrastructure mode

(computer to access point, an access point is required).

Ad-hoc Mode: An Ad-hoc network is a local area network with wireless or

temporary plug-in connections which some of the network devices are part of

the network only for the duration of a communication session. Users in the

network can share files, network printer and access the Internet with a shared

modem. In this kind of network, new devices can be quickly added; however,

users can only communicate with other wireless LAN computers that are in this

wireless LAN workgroup within operating range.

Ad-hoc Mode

Infrastructure Mode: The different between Infrastructure network and

Ad-hoc network is that Infrastructure network has an Access Point. In the

Infrastructure network, the Access Point can manage to perform the maximum

bandwidth utilization. The Access Point allows Wireless LAN users to access

an existing wired network. The wireless users to take advantage of the wired

networks resources such as Internet, file transfer and network printer.