Manufacturer's Description
3Com Wireless 802.11a/B/G LAN PC Card with XJACK Antenna
The 3Com 11a/b/g Wireless PC Card with XJACK Antenna supports all three existing IEEE 802.11 networking standards - 11a, 11b, and 11g. That means you can stay connected, no matter what wireless environment you're in: the office, at public wireless "hot spots", at home, or on the road. With this versatile PC Card, laptop users can access network resources, the Internet, and e-mail at 11-Mbps speeds on 11b wireless networks, or on 11a or 11g wireless networks, at speeds up to 54 Mbps - ideal for multimedia applications using audio and video. Once more, Wi-Fi certification helps ensure interoperability with Wi-FI-certified 11a, 11b, and 11g products from other vendors.The 3Com 11a/b/g Wireless PC Card delivers one of the most robust suites of standards-based, next-generation security features on the market today. Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), 802.1x authentication, and EAP authentication protocols all protect against unwanted network access. MD5 algorithm, AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) and WEP (Wireless Equivalent Privacy) shared-key encryption combine to protect the privacy of all wireless data.