Package Contents; System Components; Your Host Computing Device; The Aircard 595 Pc Card - Sierra Wireless AirCard 595 User Manual

Document 2130681. Rev 1.0 Jan.07
Introducing the AirCard® 595 PC Card

Package contents

Your AirCard PC Card package contains the following compo‐
nents:
• AirCard 595 PC Card
• Installation CD containing the AirCard PC Card software,
this user guide, and warranty information
• Quick Start Guide

System components

Your AirCard 595 PC Card 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 PC Card hardware and runs
the communication software: your web browser or e‐mail
application, and Watcher—the AirCard PC Card enabling
software.
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.
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