User's Manual

ORiNOCO Wireless Client User Guide
Chapter 2 Installation 7
Each ORiNOCO Wireless Client comes with the following:
7. One Gold or Silver ORiNOCO Wireless Client
l All models include two integral antennas (antennas are inside the casing and not visible
to the user)
l ORiNOCO 11a/b/g ComboCard:
l Gold model: 8480
l Silver model: 8481
l ORiNOCO 11b/g PC Card:
l Gold model: 8470
l Silver model: 8471
l ORiNOCO 802.11a/b ComboCard
l Gold Model: 8460
l Silver Model: 8461
l ORiNOCO 11a/b/g PCI Card
l Gold Model only: 8482
8. One ORiNOCO Installation CD-ROM containing software and utilities and this user guide in
Portable Document Format (PDF)
9. One ORiNOCO Wireless Client Quick Start Guide
If any of these items are missing or damaged, please contact your reseller or ORiNOCO
Technical Support (see C-1 Technical Support Contact Information for contact information).
1-5 System Requirements and Specifications
To begin using an ORiNOCO Wireless Client, you must have the following minimum
requirements:
1. A computer that meets the following specifications:
l Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Millennium Edition (ME), or Windows 98 Second
Edition (SE) installed
l PC Card expansion slot (32-bit CardBus) for ORiNOCO a/b ComboCard, ORiNOCO
11a/b/g ComboCard, ORiNOCO 11b/g PC Card
l 32-bit PCI bus slot on your desktop for the ORiNOCO 11a/b/g PCI Card.
l At least 64 MB of memory
l A 300 MHz processor or higher
2. At least one other IEEE 802.11a-compliant, 802.11b-compliant or 802.11g-compliant device
l Customers in Europe who want to use the card in 802.11a mode need an
802.11a-compliant Access Point that supports Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS);
802.11a Peer-to-Peer Groups are not available in Europe (see the user documentation
that came with your 802.11a Access Point for details).
1-5-1 The IEEE 802.11 Specifications
In 1997, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) adopted the 802.11 standard
for wireless devices operating in the 2.4 GHz frequency band. This standard includes provisions
for three radio technologies: direct sequence spread spectrum, frequency hopping spread