Wireless Communications; Wireless Lan - Toshiba Satellite A210 User Manual

Wireless communications

The computer's wireless communication function supports both Wireless LAN
and Bluetooth devices.

Wireless LAN

The Wireless LAN is compatible with other LAN systems based on Direct
Sequence Spread Spectrum/Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing radio
technology that complies with IEEE802.11 wireless LAN standard (Revision A,
B, G or Draft N).
Supported features. It supports the following features:
◆ Automatic Transmit Rate Select mechanism in the transmit range of 54, 48,
36, 24, 18, 9 and 6 Mbit/s (Revision A and G).
◆ Automatic Transmit Rate Select mechanism in the transmit range of 11, 5.5,
2 and 1 Mbit/s (Revision B).
◆ Frequency Channel Selection (Revision A/Draft N: 5 GHz, Revision B/G/
Draft N: 2.4GHz)
◆ Roaming over multiple channels
◆ Card Power Management
◆ Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) data encryption, based on the 128 bit
encryption algorithm (Atheros module type).
◆ 11a, 11b, 11g and 11n wireless are based on IEEE 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g
and 802.11n respectively. The IEEE 802.11n specification has not been
finalized and is currently in draft release. The TOSHIBA 11a/b/g/n Wireless
LAN Adapters are based on the Draft Release, Version 1.0, of the IEEE
802.11n specification. An adapter with 11a/b, 11a/b/g or 11a/b/g/n can com-
municate on any of its supported formats; the actual connection will be
based on the access point to which it connects.
◆ Connection compatibility with the wireless equipment in Draft 11n mode is
not guaranteed.
◆ The Draft 11n function cannot be used with WEP/TKIP. Draft 11n mode can
be used only with WPA-PSK(AES) mode or no security mode.
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