Operating Your Computer 2-24Using the Wireless LANDepending on your model, an internal mini PCI-E wireless LAN(WLAN) card may have been pre-installed by your computermanufacturer at the factory. This card allows you to access corporatenetworks or the Internet in a wireless environment.The WLAN features include: Peer-to-Peer (Ad-Hoc) and Access Point (Infrastructure) modessupport WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) 64/128-bit data encryption IEEE 802.11a/b/g standard complianceTechnology 802.11a 802.11b 802.11gStated MaximumThroughput (Mbps)54 11 54Data Rates (Mbps) 54, 48, 36, 24, 18,12, 9, 611, 5.5, 2, 1 54, 36, 18, 9Band (GHz) 5.15 ~ 5.35 2.412 ~ 2.462 2.4ModulationTechnologyOFDM (OrthogonalFrequency DivisionMultiplexing)DSSS (DirectSequence SpreadSpectrum)OFDM (OrthogonalFrequency DivisionMultiplexing)NOTE: 802.11g mode is backward compatible with 802.11b mode.To take advantage of the WLAN feature, make sure that the WLANdriver is installed correctly. If your WLAN card was provided by yourdealer instead of the computer manufacturer, contact your dealer for thecorrect driver to use.
