User's Manual

Wireless Medium
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
(OFDM)
5 GHz UNII
Channels 8 Non-overlapping (4 non-overlapping in
some countries)
WLAN Standard IEEE 802.11a
Wired Standard 10/100BTx
Architecture Infrastructure, ad-hoc (peer-to-peer)
Roaming
802.11a compliant for seamless roaming
between access points
Network
Wired-to-wireless switching Intel® PROSet II software
Security
Encryption 64-bit and 128-bit WEP
802.11i (802.1x, Radius, EAP):
enhanced wireless
authentication security
Pending IEEE ratification in 2002
QOS
DCF CSMA/CA
Data Rates 54, 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 9, 6 Mbps
Indoor Range
• 40 feet @ 54 Mbps
• 300 feet @ 6 Mbps
Range and
Throughput
Outdoor Range
• 100 feet @ 54 Mbps
• 1000 feet @ 6 Mbps
Output Power 50 mW to 200 mW, depending on
frequency channel
Transmit 450-480 mA
Receive 420-440 mA
Idle 420 mA
Power
Standby 30 mA
CardBus and PCI Adapters 0 to 65 degrees Celsius
Operating
Temperature
Access Point 0 to 45 degrees Celsius
Humidity
10 to 90% non-condensing
OS Microsoft Windows* 98SE*, Me*, 2000*,
XP*
Compatibility
WECA Pending ratification of interoperability test
and logo program by WECA (when 5 GHz
standard is available)