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Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Client Adapters Installation and Configuration Guide for Linux
OL-1376-02
Chapter 1 Overview
Parts of the Client Adapter
Parts of the Client Adapter
The client adapter is composed of three major parts: a radio, a radio antenna, and light-emitting diodes
(LEDs).
Radio
The client adapter contains a direct-sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) radio that operates in the 2.4-GHz
license-free Industrial Scientific Medical (ISM) band. The radio transmits data over a half-duplex radio
channel operating at up to 11 Mbps.
DSSS technology causes radio signals to be transmitted over a wide frequency range, using multiple
frequencies simultaneously. The benefit of this technology is its ability to protect the data transmission
from interference. For example, if a particular frequency encounters noise, interference, or both, enough
redundancy is built into the signal on other frequencies that the client adapter usually will still be
successful in its transmission.
Radio Antenna
The type of antenna used depends on your client adapter:
PC cards have an integrated, permanently attached diversity antenna. The benefit of the diversity
antenna system is improved coverage. The system works by allowing the card to switch and sample
between its two antenna ports in order to select the optimum port for receiving data packets. As a
result, the card has a better chance of maintaining the radio frequency (RF) connection in areas of
interference. The antenna is housed within the section of the card that protrudes from the PC card
slot when the card is installed.
LM cards are shipped without an antenna; however, an antenna can be connected through the cards
external connector. If a snap-on antenna is used, it should be operated in diversity mode. Otherwise,
the antenna mode used should correspond to the antenna port to which the antenna is connected.
PCI client adapters are shipped with a 2-dBi dipole antenna that attaches to the adapters antenna
connector. However, other types of antennas can be used. PCI client adapters can be operated only
through the antenna port located on the right side of the radio module (not to be confused with the
antenna connector on the card carrier).
Note See the Setting Advanced Infrastructure Parameters section on page 5-16 for information on setting
the client adapters antenna mode.
Note External antennas used in combination with a power setting resulting in a radiated power level above 100
mW equivalent isotropic radiated power (EIRP) are not allowed for use within the European community
and other countries that have adopted the European R&TTE directive or the CEPT recommendation Rec
70.03 or both. For more details on legal combinations of power levels and antennas in those countries,
contact Cisco Corporate Compliance. See also the Declaration of Conformity with Regard to the
R&TTE Directive 1999/5/EC section on page D-4.
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