User Guide

AirCard® 597E ExpressCard - User Guide
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Package contents
YourAirCardExpressCardpackagecontainsthefollowing
components:
• AirCard 597EExpressCard
• InstallationCDcontainingtheAirCardExpressCard
software,thisuserguide,andwarrantyinformation
• QuickStartGuide
System components
YourAirCard 597 EExpressCardisjustonepartofasystem
designedtoprovideyouwithawiderangeofcommunication
features.Everycomponentofthesystemisneededtoenable
thesecapabilities.
Your host computing device
YournotebookhoststheAirCardExpressCardhardwareand
runsthecommunicationsoftware:yourwebbrowserore‐mail
application,andWatcher—theAirCardExpressCardenabling
software.
Youmayalsohaveothersoftwareonyourcomputerthatcan
beusedwirelesslywiththeAirCardExpressCard,suchas:file
transferapplications(FTP),chator
instantmessaging,aVPN
(VirtualPrivateNetwork)client,clientsoftwareforacorporate
serverapplication.
The AirCard 597E ExpressCard
TheAirCardExpressCardprovidesyourcomputerwitha
connectiontotheCDMAwirelessnetwork.
TheAirCardExpressCardfitsintoastandardExpressCard/34
orExpressCard/54slotavailableonnewernotebookPCs.
EveryCDMAnetworkoperatesononeofthreeradio
frequencybands.Asadual‐bandproduct,theAirCard
ExpressCardoperatesontwo
ofthesebands(seepage 34),
providingawidecoveragearea.