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Atheros Communications, Inc. Introduction • 1-1
COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL February 2003 • 1-1
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Introduction
The Atheros Wireless Network Adapters implement a half-duplex,
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) baseband processor
supporting all IEEE 802.11a/g data rates (6 to 54 Mbps) and 802.11b data rates
(1 to 11 Mbps). In the Atheros Turbo Mode
TM
, the adapters support data rates
up to 108 Mbps. The host interface is compatible with the PC Card 7.1 and PCI
2.2 standards.
Package Contents
Make sure the following materials are available before beginning:
■ Atheros Software Release CD, or electronic equivalent
■ Atheros Wireless Network Adapter