Quick Installation Guide
This section provides the product and software descriptions and the
installation and user’s guide.
Product description
The IBM High Rate Wireless LAN (PCI) Card is a standard PCI card that fits
into any standard PCI slot. It has one light-emitting diode (LED) indicator and
an external antenna. This PCI card is used to create a wireless network that
complies with the IEEE 802.11b standard on wireless LANs. It supports
data-transfer rates up to 11 Mbps. This PCI card is fully compatible with any
other wireless LAN system based on direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS)
radio technology that complies with the IEEE 802.11b standard on wireless
LANs. The card supports the following wireless LAN features:
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Automatic Transmit Rate select mechanism in the range of high, medium,
standard, and low
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Frequency channel selection (2.4 GHz)
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Roaming over multiple channels
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Card Power Management
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Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) data encryption, based on the 64-bit and
128-bit WEP encryption algorithm as defined in the IEEE 802.11 standard on
wireless LANs
In addition to this manual, your package contains the following:
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IBM High Rate Wireless LAN (PCI) Card
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The
IBM Driver and Utility CD
If any of these items are missing or damaged, contact your reseller.
The PCI card is a standard PCI bus card that you can use to install the IBM
High Rate Wireless LAN (PCI) Card into a computer.
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