OFFICECONNECT WIRELESS 108MBPS 11G XJACK PC CARD RELEASE NOTES

Legal Rights
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/Driver. Follow the instructions on the wizard to install the driver for your device.

New Features
The following features have been added in this release:

WPA2 support New encryption method that provides a higher level of security for wireless communication than WPA, its predecessor. WPA2 uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) with Counter Mode with Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol (CCMP). Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) support Enable WMM to help improve the Quality of Service (QoS) for audio, video, and voice applications over the wireless network. When WMM support is enabled, multimedia traffic is given higher priority over other types of traffic.

Related Documentation
These release notes relate to the following:

PC Card Driver version 4.0.0.140 3Com Wireless Utility version 1.0.5.4

Use these notes in conjunction with the 3Com Wireless LAN PC Adapter Getting Started Guide (part number DUAXJK100755AAA01). If you are prompted for the location of the device driver during installation, insert the accompanying CD into the CD-ROM drive, and then browse to the folder named

Known Issue

Compatibility issue with 3Com OfficeConnect Wireless 54Mbps 11g Travel Router in WPA/WPA2 mixed mode When the Travel Router is in AP/Router mode and encryption is set to WPA/WPA2

OFFICECONNECT WIRELESS 108MBPS 11G XJACK PC CARD RELEASE NOTES

mixed mode, the Wireless PC Card cannot associate with it successfully. For the Wireless PC Card to associate successfully with the Travel Router in AP/Router mode, encryption should be set to either WPA or WPA2, not WPA/WPA2 mixed mode.

The following table details the channels permitted by local regulatory agencies.
Table 1 802.11b/g Channels Approved by Country Country 802.11b/g Channels

Channel Selection
Use of this product is only authorized for the channels approved by each country. To ensure that you are using a channel that is approved in your country, select your country from the Country or Domain list on the System screen of the Web interface. NOTE 1: This product is shipped with channels 1-11 enabled. If additional channels are approved by your country, you can download additional software from www.3com.com.

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, 1-13 Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yugoslavia France see Note 2 Canada, Columbia, Mexico, Taiwan, United States 1-13 1-11

NOTE 2: En France, les canaux (wireless channels) 1-13 sont autoriss dans certains dpartments, alors que les autres dpartments sont limites aux canaux 10-13. Pour verifier quels canaux sont autoriss dans votre region, veuillez consulter l'URL: http://www.art-telecom.com/publications/index-lignedir-rlan.htm

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