1 Introduction
Thank you for purchasing the 802.11g MIMO Wireless LAN PCI Card, WML-3565. With the MIMO
technology, this card enables you to connect to wireless networks at farther distances than before.
WML-3565 has two antennas for signal reception and one antenna for high power signal transmission.
Not only the connection distance is enhanced, but also the “dead spots” in the network will be reduced.
In addition, the card remains backward compatible to 802.11b and 802.11g. When the card is
connecting to the standard 11g or 11b APs or Routers, it can perform much better than standard
clients.
WML-3565 supports higher data throughput than the IEEE 802.11g standard (up to 54Mbps). It
supports specific ways to increase the data transfer rate at a time; compress the data and decrease the
waiting time to send the next data to the Routers or APs. This feature is called Turbo Mode. When the
card is connecting to the Routers or APs with the proprietary feature, the wireless network will be more
effective.
For WLAN security issues, WML-3565 supports 64/128-bit WEP data encryption that protects your
wireless network from eavesdropping. It also supports WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) feature that
combines IEEE 802.1x and TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) technologies. Client users are
required to authorize before accessing to APs or AP Routers, and the data transmitted in the network is
encrypted/decrypted by a dynamically changed secret key. Furthermore, this card supports WPA2
function, WPA2 provides a stronger encryption mechanism through AES (Advanced Encryption
Standard), which is a requirement for some corporate and government users.
In order to meet the multimedia data bandwidth requirement, IEEE 802.11e Quality of Service (QoS)
(The Wi-Fi Alliance defined WMM as a profile of the IEEE 802.11e) extensions for 802.11 networks will
help to define the priorities of the data traffics by the data categories to provide enhanced multimedia
support. This card supports the advanced technology for sure.
1.1 Features
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Works with both IEEE 802.11b and IEEE 802.11g products
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Farther coverage, less dead spaces and higher throughput with MIMO technology
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Supports Turbo Mode to enhance the data transfer speed within the specific wireless network
(the connected AP must support Turbo mode as well)
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Supports WMM (WiFi Multi-Media) function to meet the multi-media data bandwidth requirement
(the connected AP and the application must support WMM as well)
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Supports 64/128-bit WEP, WPA (TKIP with IEEE 802.1x), WPA2 (AES with IEEE 802.1x)
functions for high level of security
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Supports CCX 2.0 (Cisco Compatible Extensions) for the radio monitoring and fast roaming
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Automatic fallback increases data security and reliability
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Supports the most popular operating system: Windows 98SE/Me/2000/XP and Server 2003
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Supports 32-bit CardBus interface
1.2 Specifications
Interface
Complaint with 32bit CardBus standard
Standards Conformance
Compliant with 802.11b / 802.11g
Data Transfer Rate
11b
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1 / 2 / 5.5 / 11Mbps (auto sensing)
11g
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6 / 9 / 12 / 18 / 24 / 36 / 48 / 54Mbps (auto sensing)
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