Installation guide

AirCard® 580 Wireless WAN Modem - Installation Guide
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The AirCard 580 wireless WAN modem
Alongwiththeantenna,thisequipsyourcomputerwitha
radiomodem.
TheAirCardfitsintoastand ardType IIPC Cardslotavailable
onmostnotebookPCs.
EveryCDMAnetworkoperatesononeofthreeradio
frequencybands.Asadual‐bandproduct,theAirCard
operatesontwoofthesebands(seepage 33
),providingawide
coveragearea.
The AirCard drivers and enabling
software
Requiredtocontrol,monitor,andmanageyourwireless
connections,thisincludestheWatcherapplication,andthe
NetworkAdapterManagerforselecting yournetwork
connectioncard.
TheAirCardcomeswitha CDcontainingthissoftware:
• WatcherapplicationthatyouusetomanagetheAirCard
andmonitoryourconnections.Forstep‐by‐step
instruc‐
tionstoaccessfeaturesofWatcher,usetheapplication’s 
onlinehelp.
• NetworkAdapterManagerapplicationthatallowsyouto
switchbetweentheAirCardandnetworkcards.This
applicationalsohandlestheautolaunchofWatcherwhen
youinserttheAirCard.
• ThedevicedriversoftwarethatenablestheAirCardto
work
withyourcomputer’soperatingsystem.
Thedriverandapplicationsoftwaremustbeinstalledbefore
youinserttheAirCardforthefirsttime.Detailedinstructions
areprovidedinthefollowingchapters.
A CDMA service provider account
CompaniesthatoperateCDMAnetworksandprovideaccess
tothesenetworksarecalledserviceproviders.Tousethe
AirCard,youmusthaveanaccountwithaCDMAservice
provider.