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Figure 1. AMBIT 11Mbps Wireless High Rate PC Card
2.2 Features
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Compatible with IEEE 802.11b high rate standard to provide wireless Ethernet speeds
of 11Mbps data rate
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Dynamic data rate switching with 11, 5.5, 2 and 1Mbps
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Allows auto fallback data rate for optimized reliability, throughput and transmission
range
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Supports wireless data encryption with 40-bit WEP standard for security
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Integrated Microstrip dual diversity antennas for the multi-path environment
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One-piece PC Card design to fully support PCMCIA type II defined mechanical and
environmental stress conditions
2.3 Requirements
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AMBIT 11Mbps Wireless High Rate PC Card
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Windows drivers and utilities
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A notebook computer with the following requirements
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Pentium or above processor
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Running Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Millennium, NT or 2000.
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PCMCIA type II slot.
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CD-ROM drive.
3.4 Usage Model
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Ad-hoc Networking
Ad-hoc network also is called Peer-to-Peer network. Without Access Point, notebook
users with each 11Mbps Wireless High Rate PC card can build a Ad-hoc Peer-to-Peer
wireless networks to share files with each other, share a public office printer and other
peripheral resources, and even access the Internet via a modem.
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Infrastructure Networking
802.11b-compatible Access Point is a bridge or router for connect to the wired
Ethernet network and wireless network. Through the deployment of Access Point,
wireless LAN can be extended to the reach of a wired network. Therefore, A notebook
