User’s Manual for the NETGEAR Dual Band Wireless PC Card 32-bit CardBus WAG511
2-2 Introduction
202-10041-01 September 2004
Note: 108 Mbps speed is only available in wireless networks that support this
proprietary mode. Netgear products that support this mode have this icon on the
product packaging.
• High level of data encryption using WPA, CISCO LEAP, or 128-bit Shared Key WEP data
encryption method. A lower level of data encryption or no data encryption is available to
simplify your network setup or to improve data transfer rate.
802.11a and 802.11b/g Wireless Networking
The WAG511 Wireless PC Card provides 802.11a-, b-, and g-compliant wireless communications,
providing continuous, high-speed up to 108 Mbps access to your wireless network. The WAG511
provides:
• 802.11a Standards-based wireless networking at up to 54 Mbps.
• 802.11b Standards-based wireless networking at up to 11 Mbps.
• 802.11g Standards-based wireless networking at up to 54 Mbps.
• WPA enterprise class strong security with RADIUS and certificate authentication as well as
dynamic encryption key generation.
• WPA-PSK pre-shared key authentication without the overhead of RADIUS servers but with
all of the strong security of WPA.
• IEEE 802.1x offers an effective framework for authenticating and controlling user traffic to a
protected network, as well as dynamically varying encryption keys.
• CISCO LEAP protocol support which is used to authenticate access by a wireless client to a
wireless access point, typically a Cisco base station.
• 64-bit and 128-bit WEP encryption security.
• WEP keys can be generated manually or by passphrase.
Related NETGEAR Products
The following NETGEAR products can be configured to communicate with the WAG511 Wireless
PC Card:
• WG302 NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Point 802.11g
• WG102 NETGEAR ProSafe Wireless Access Point 802.11g
• WGU624 Dual 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router
• WGT624 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router
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