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AirCard® 580 Wireless WAN Modem - Installation Guide

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Wireless WAN modem

Onceinstalledandconfigured,theAirCardcanconnecttothe

CDMAnetworkautomatically.YoujustinserttheAirCard,

allowWatchertoautolaunchandauthenticateyouraccounton

thenetwork,thenlaunchyourInternetbrowser—you’re

online!

Asamodem,theAirCardalsoallowsyoutodialupanyother

modem(suchas

acorporateserver).

CDMA 3G services

TheAirCardoperatesoveratypeofwirelessnetworkcalled

CDMA (Code DivisionMultipleAccess).

CDMA 3Gtechnologyprovidesavarietyofconnectivity

features,dependingonyourservic eproviderand account:

• 1x‐EVDOsupportsInternetconnectionswithdataratesup

to2.4 Mbps(downlinkfromthenetwork)and153.6 kbps

(uplinktothenetwork).

Averagedataratesareroughly

700 kbps(downlinkfromthenetwork)and153.6 kbps

(uplinktothenetwork).Actualspeeddependsonthe

networkconditions.

• 1XsupportsInternetconnectionswithdataratesupto

153.6 kbps(downlinkfromthenetwork)and76.8 kbps

(uplinktothenetwork).Actualspeeddependsonthe

networkconditions.

Oncetheconnectionisestablished,youcanopenyourbrowser

andconnecttoanywebsitethatisaccessiblethroughthe

Internet,oraccessotherInternetservices(suchase‐mail).

Theconnectionis“active”whendatatransmissionis

occurring.Ifdatatransmissionstopsforaperiodoftime

(determinedby

thenetwork),theconnectionbecomes

“dormant”;seepage 29.

• Circuitswitched(dial‐up)data,usingtheearlierCDMA

IS‐95specification,supportsdataconnectionstoanydial‐

inserviceatratesupto14.4 kbps.

• QNC (QuickNetConnect),providesasimplifiedwayto

dialintoanInternetconnection(usingcircuit

switched

data)where3G(1xEV‐DOor1X)high‐speedpacket

serviceisnotavailable.

• SMS (ShortMessageService),allowsyoutosendand

receiveshorttextmessagesusingtheAirCard.

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