3CRWE62092A - 3Com Corporation

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3Com®11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card

with XJACK®Antenna

The Simple,

Reliable Way

to Network—

Without Wires

It’s an information-driven world.

Whether you’re at work, home, school,

or on the road, you need constant

connectivity in order to make better

decisions and gain access to the infor-

mation you need. That’s why more

people are turning to notebook PCs for

the freedom to work, learn, and play

anywhere and anytime.

Going online with a mobile PC used to

mean you were constantly dealing

with wiring constraints and configu-

ration hassles. Not anymore. The

3Com®11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card

with XJACK®antenna lets you take

your notebook anywhere, and connect

instantly and securely to any Wi-Fi™

certified device or network. You get

“wired-like” performance wherever

and whenever you need it, without

wires or configuration hassles.

Key Benefits

Great Performance

3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN

PC Cards send and receive informa-

tion wirelessly over a range of 100 m

(328 ft)* from access points, at speeds

up to 11 Mbps. That’s more than

five times the performance of

previous-generation wireless LANs

and roughly equivalent to standard

wired Ethernet LANs.

Simple To Use

3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC

Cards are designed for effortless

usability. The Auto Network Connect†

feature allows the PC Card to find and

connect to a nearby access point

automatically upon startup, and stay

connected as you roam among access

points—even across router bound-

aries. There’s no need to manually

configure a network connection. Just

start up and go.

This wireless LAN PC Card is so

powerful and simple to use, it even

lets users share information when

there’s no network present. With the

ad hoc networking feature, two or

more wireless PC Cards can communi-

cate with each other without using a

network access point. At the click of

a button, you can quickly and easily

establish a temporary network at a

conference center, in a hotel room,

or on a job site.

Reliable

3Com’s unique XJACK antenna

extends for clear, interference-free

reception, then retracts within the

PC Card for safety and convenience

while in transit. There’s nothing extra

to carry, lose, or break.

On startup, the PC Card scans the

environment and picks the best

available access point. Dynamic rate

*100 m (328 ft) range depends on physical conditions and other electronic devices in the area.

†Requires the 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN Access Point 6000.

3COM®11 MBPS WIRELESS LAN PC CARD WITH XJACK®ANTENNA

Reliable network

connections no

matter what

physical conditions

or usage patterns

are encountered

shifting enables the PC Card to

automatically choose the best

connection speed (11, 5.5, 2, or

1Mbps) based on signal strength and

distance from the access point. This

provides the fastest possible connec-

tion rate and ensures connectivity even

at long range or in noisy environments.

Seamless roaming from access point to

access point guarantees a continuous

connection as you move throughout

the building. Together, these features

ensure reliable network connections no

matter what physical conditions or

usage patterns are encountered.

Secure

People who are considering wireless

networks often wonder about secu-

rity. The 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless

LAN PC Card supports both 40-bit

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)

encryption and 128-bit encryption

(where allowed by law).

If you use this PC Card with the

3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN Access

Point 6000, you can take advantage of

our advanced Dynamic Security Link†

technology. Unlike shared key

schemes, this technology automati-

cally generates a new 128-bit

encryption key for each session—

providing a much higher level of

security and freeing the user from the

inconvenience of entering keys manu-

ally. And for additional security, you

can implement user authentication,

requiring all users to log in with a

name and password at each session.

Compatible

The 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN

PC Card is Wi-Fi certified, so you can

use it with any vendor’s Wi-Fi certi-

fied network or device—at the office,

in public areas, or even on your wire-

less home network. You can purchase

Wi-Fi certified products with confi-

dence that they’ll interoperate with

any vendor’s Wi-Fi certified products,

now and in the future. There’s no

need to worry about being locked

into a single-vendor solution. And

the Wi-Fi specification helps promote

standardization within the wireless

LAN market, yielding a greater

selection of products at lower prices.

For more information, visit the Wi-Fi

Web site at www.wi-fi.org.

3Com Makes Your Mobile

PC Truly Mobile

The 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN

PC Card allows you to connect effort-

lessly and instantly—without drilling

holes, laying cables, or configuring

complicated settings. Just pop the

PC Card into your notebook, start up,

and you’re automatically connected

while within range of any Wi-Fi

certified wireless network. Enjoy

unprecedented freedom to:

• Access the company network and

Internet wherever you want—in

conference rooms, coworkers’

offices, the cafeteria, or even an

outdoor courtyard.

• Keep projects flowing and stay

productive even while away from

your desk.

• Access e-mail and the Internet in

hotels, airports, cafés, and other

public spaces that provide Wi-Fi

certified access points.

• Connect instantly while visiting

from a branch office or consulting

on-site.

• Access digital libraries for student

or professional research.

•Connect to your wireless home gate-

way to telecommute, surf the Web

by the pool, or respond to e-mails

from the comfort of your couch.

The 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN

PC Card gives you dependable

performance right out of the box—

with the added assurance that it’s

backed by 3Com’s world-class,

worldwide service and support.

There’s no more reliable, secure, cost-

effective way to unleash your mobile

PC from the constraints of network

wiring, while ensuring interoperabil-

ity with the wireless systems that are

quickly becoming the networks of

choice in businesses, schools, and

homes around the world.

To learn more about 3Com wireless

solutions, visit www.3com.com.

3COM®11 MBPS WIRELESS LAN PC CARD WITH XJACK®ANTENNA

Product Features

and Benefits

Feature Benefit

Performance

High-performance connections Notebook users can connect to the network

wirelessly at speeds up to 11 Mbps at distances of

100 m (328 ft).

Power-saving mode with auto detect The PC Card automatically selects the appropriate

power mode based on whether an AC connection is

present. While the notebook is plugged into an

AC power outlet, the PC Card runs in Continuous

Aware Mode, receiving packets as soon as they are

transmitted. While running on battery power, the

PC Card switches to Power Save Polling Mode, which

saves power by waking the wireless transceiver

periodically to receive packets buffered in the access

point. The user can also override the auto detect

feature and choose the desired mode manually.

Reliability

XJACK antenna 3Com’s unique XJACK antenna extends to provide

excellent reception anywhere you need it, then

retracts within the notebook so you can travel

conveniently without worrying about breakage.

Dynamic rate shifting Based on signal strength and distance from the

access point, connection speeds dynamically shift

between 11, 5.5, 2, and 1 Mbps to guarantee

connectivity at the fastest possible rate, even at

long range or in noisy environments.

Simplicity

Auto Network Connect†Get constant network connectivity. If you roam

into an area where the IP (network) address is no

longer valid, a new one is assigned automatically.

That means you can roam seamlessly across router

boundaries without ever reconfiguring the

networking address manually. And you never

have to configure or manually assign the wireless

network name (ESSID).

Ad hoc networking This PC Card enables networking in peer-to-peer

sessions at the click of a button. In this mode, two

or more PC Cards can be networked together

without requiring an access point. You can quickly

and easily establish temporary networks at

conference centers, in hotel rooms, or on job sites.

Security

Encryption—40-bit WEP Wireless clients have the option to use 40-bit WEP

encryption, which interoperates with other Wi-Fi

certified products.

Dynamic Security Link†Using 128-bit session key encryption†(where

allowed by law), a unique security key is automati-

cally negotiated between the access point and

wireless PC Cards for each session. You get virtually

unbreakable security without ever entering a

key manually.

Compatibility

Wi-Fi certified Wi-Fi certification ensures interoperability with

Wi-Fi certified products from other vendors—

which means compatibility with the widest range

of wireless networking products available today

and in future years.

3COM®11 MBPS WIRELESS LAN PC CARD WITH XJACK®ANTENNA

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3Com 11 Mbps Wireless

LAN PC Card 3CRWE62092A

Ordering Information

Software Drivers

For a current list of software

drivers, please visit

http://support.3com.com/.

Minimum System Requirements

•Notebook PC with an available

type II 16-bit PC Card slot

and one of these operating

systems:

Windows 95B or higher

Windows 98 or higher

Windows Me (Millennium

Edition)

Windows NT 4.0 or higher

Windows 2000

•9.5 MB available hard disk

space (11.5 MB for installation

under Windows NT)

•64 MB RAM recommended

Standards Conformance

•Wi-Fi certification

•IEEE 802.11b

Safety and Electromagnetic

Conformance

Safety

EN60950/A11, IEC 950,

CSA22.2#950, UL 1950, FCC

96-326, August 1, 1996—

”Guidelines for Evaluating the

Environmental Effects of

Radiofrequency Radiation”

Radio

FCC CFR 47 Part 15.247 (249)

and 15.209, RSS-139, ETS 300

328 and ETS 300 826, RCR

STD-33

Environmental

EN6068

Electromagnetic Compatibility

ICES-003, FCC Part 15 Class B,

ETS 300 826, CISPR 22/EN55022

Class B

Power Consumption

Sleep: 32 mA typical

Receive: 310 mA typical

Transmit: 340 mA typical

Physical Dimensions

Standard Type II PCMCIA card

•86 mm long—antenna

retracted

•104 mm long—antenna

extended

•54 mm wide

•5 mm thick

Environmental Operating

Ranges

Temperature: 0º to 55ºC

Humidity: 10% to 90%

noncondensing

Altitude: Up to 3000 m (9800 ft)

Warranty

•One year limited warranty

•One year unlimited software

upgrades and phone support

Specifications

*100 m (328 ft) range depends on physical conditions and other electronic devices in the area.

†Requires the 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN Access Point 6000.