Installation guide

Installation Guide
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Network card
OnnotebookPCs,duringhigh‐speedpacketconnections,the
AirCardisatruenetworkcard,functioningjustlikethe
networkcardsfamiliartomostcorporatecomputerusers.
Onceinstalledandconfigured,theAirCardcanconnecttothe
CDMAnetworkautomatically.YoujustinserttheAirCard,
allowWatchertoautolaunch
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andauthenticateyouraccount
onthenetwork,thenlaunchyourInternetbrowser—you’re
online!
Modem
Asamodem,theAirCardallowsyoutodialupanyother
modem(suchasacorporateserver),orsendandreceivefaxes.
Phone
Youcanconnectaheadset(soldseparately)totheAirCardand
useitasaphone.Makeandreceivecallsusingdigitalvoice
quality,andhavethesecurityofemergency911access.
ShortMessagingService (SM S)isalsoavailabletoexchange
brieftextmessageswithotherCDMAsubscribers.
CDMA 1X services
TheAirCardoperatesoveratypeofwirelessnetworkcalled
CDMA (Cod eDivisionMultipleAccess).
CDMA 1X technologyprovidesavarietyofconnectivity
features,dependingonyourservic eproviderand account:
• High‐speedpacketdata,sometimesknownas1X,
supportsInternetconnectionswithdataratesupto
153.6 kbps(downlinkfromthe
network)and76.8 kbps
(uplinktothenetwork).Actualspeeddependsonthe
networkconditions.Withthistypeofconnection,the
AirCardfunctionsasanetworkcard.
Oncetheconnectionisestablished,youcanopenyour
browserandconnecttoanywebsitethat isaccessible
1. Autolaunch is supported on notebook PCs only.
Running Watcher is optional—a high-speed connection is initi-
ated upon insertion of the AirCard, provided:
a) you have enabled, in Watcher, “Always-on” for the high-
speed connection, and
b) WiFi coverage is either not available, or is available but no
WiFi profiles have been set to autoconnect.
However, to make use of other features of the AirCard, you
must run Watcher.