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Intel® WiFi Adapter Information Guide
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connection. All of these features can be explored using a WiFi network in your home or office. This WiFi network
solution is designed for both home and business use. Additional users and features can be added as your networking
needs grow and change.
This guide contains basic information about Intel adapters. It includes information about several adapter properties
that you can set to control and enhance the performance of your adapter with your particular wireless network and
environment. Intel® wireless adapters enable fast connectivity without wires for desktop and notebook PCs.
Adapter Settings
Regulatory Information
Specifications
Important Information
Support
Warranty
Glossary
Depending on the model of your Intel WiFi adapter, your adapter is compatible with 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, and
802.11n (draft 2.0) wireless standards. Operating at 5GHz or 2.4GHz frequency at data rates of up to 450 Mbps,
you can now connect your computer to existing high-speed networks that use multiple access points within large or
small environments. Your WiFi adapter maintains automatic data rate control according to the access point location
and signal strength to achieve the fastest possible connection. All of your wireless network connections are easily
managed by the WiFi connection utility. Profiles that are set up through the WiFi connection utility provide enhanced
security measures with 802.1X network authentication.
Information in this document is subject to change without notice.
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"IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR ALL USERS OR DISTRIBUTORS:
Intel wireless LAN adapters are engineered, manufactured, tested, and quality checked to ensure that they meet all
necessary local and governmental regulatory agency requirements for the regions that they are designated and/or
marked to ship into. Because wireless LANs are generally unlicensed devices that share spectrum with radars,
satellites, and other licensed and unlicensed devices, it is sometimes necessary to dynamically detect, avoid, and
limit usage to avoid interference with these devices. In many instances Intel is required to provide test data to prove
regional and local compliance to regional and governmental regulations before certification or approval to use the
product is granted. Intel's wireless LAN's EEPROM, firmware, and software driver are designed to carefully control
parameters that affect radio operation and to ensure electromagnetic compliance (EMC). These parameters include,
without limitation, RF power, spectrum usage, channel scanning, and human exposure.
For these reasons Intel cannot permit any manipulation by third parties of the software provided in binary format
with the wireless LAN adapters (e.g., the EEPROM and firmware). Furthermore, if you use any patches, utilities, or
code with the Intel wireless LAN adapters that have been manipulated by an unauthorized party (i.e., patches,
utilities, or code (including open source code modifications) which have not been validated by Intel), (i) you will be
solely responsible for ensuring the regulatory compliance of the products, (ii) Intel will bear no liability, under any
theory of liability for any issues associated with the modified products, including without limitation, claims under the
warranty and/or issues arising from regulatory non-compliance, and (iii) Intel will not provide or be required to