The Aircard 595 Pc Card; The Aircard Pc Card Drivers And Enabling Software; A Cdma Service Provider Account - Sierra Wireless 595 User Manual

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Introducing the AirCard® 595 PC Card
You may also have other software on your computer that can
be used wirelessly with the AirCard PC Card, 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 595 PC Card

The AirCard PC Card provides your computer with a
connection to the CDMA wireless network.
The AirCard PC Card fits into a standard Type II PC Card slot
available on most notebook PCs.
Every CDMA network operates on one of three radio
frequency bands. As a dual‐band product, the AirCard
PC Card operates on two of these bands (see page
providing a wide coverage area.
The AirCard PC Card drivers and
enabling software
Required to control, monitor, and manage your wireless
connections, this includes the Watcher application.
The AirCard PC Card comes with a CD containing this
software:
• Watcher application that you use to manage the AirCard
PC Card and monitor your connections. For step‐by‐step
instructions to access features of Watcher, use the appli‐
cation's online help.
The device driver software that enables the AirCard
•
PC Card to work with your computer's operating system.
The driver and application software must be installed before
you insert the AirCard PC Card for the first time. Detailed
instructions are provided in the following chapters.

A CDMA service provider account

Companies that operate CDMA networks and provide access
to these networks are called service providers. To use the
AirCard PC Card, you must have an account with a CDMA
service provider.
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