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PCI Wireless Network Card User’s Manual
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Appendix A – FAQ
1. What is IEEE 802.11 standard?
 The IEEE 802.11 is a wireless LAN industry standard, and the objective
of IEEE 802.11 is to make sure that different manufactures’ wireless
LAN devices can communicate to each other.
2. What is WEP?
 As described in the IEEE 802.11 standard, WEP (Wired Equivalent
Privacy) is a data privacy mechanism based on a 40 bit shared key
algorithm.
3. My desktop PC cannot recognize the PCI Wireless Network Card.
 Please make sure that the Card is inserted into the PCI slot of your
desktop PC properly.
 And also make sure that the PCI controller is enabled in the BIOS of
your desktop PC.
4. In Infrastructure mode, my desktop PC cannot communicate with the
others PCs on the network.
 First, make sure that the SSID is same as the others PC.
 Check that your Adapter is configured on the same channel & WEP as
the others PCs on the network.