Atheros AR5008 802.11N XSPAN 300Mbps Mini PCI-E Card

The Atheros AR5008 chipsets are Atheros’ highest performance wireless LAN solutions to date. AR5008 products are compliant to the draft 802.11n specification, to deliver the ultimate wireless triple
play experience for video, voice and data transmission throughout the home or office.

Atheros XSPAN™ Technology
Expanding performance. Expanding possibilities.

Video: With real world throughput levels up to 300 Mbps PHY rate, new wireless routers and gateways featuring Atheros XSPAN technology will readily accommodate multiple high-definition (HD) streams on a single home network.

Voice: Single-antenna wireless voice handsets and legacy devices networked to Atheros-based access points achieve range and robustness from Atheros’ triple transmitter architecture.

Data: The array of data applications ranging from simple network computing to transmission of large data, music or image files is enhanced through the high bandwidth provided by XSPAN products.

Solution Highlights

• Second generation ultra high-performance MIMO wireless LAN client and access point solution
• IEEE draft 802.11n wireless LAN client and AP technology
• Compliant with IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11d, 802.11e, 802.11h, 802.11i, 802.11j and draft 802.11n
• Enhanced performance with Atheros XSPAN technology optimized for higher throughput at long range
• Support for up to 3x3 MIMO with spatial multiplexing
• Enables bandwidth of up to 300 Mbps PHY rate, six times the throughput of 802.11g and 802.11a
• Hardware encryption for the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) and IEEE 802.11i security specifications, provides
• Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) and Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) without performance degradation
• Support for draft IEEE 802.11e, h, i and j standards
• WLAN MAC and baseband processing engine
• Three single-band WLAN radios operate from 2.300 to 2.500 GHz and 4.9 to 5.925 GHz
• Suitable for Windows 2000/2003/XP/VISTA 32bit and 64bit, Linux operating systems

Compatibility

Compatible with most laptops with full size Mini PCI-E (mini pci express) slot, except for:

• IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad laptops
• HP/ Compaq laptops