Introducing the AirCard® 580 Wireless WAN Modem
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Additional AirCard features
BeyondthefeaturesoftheCDMAnetwork,theAirCard
providesadditionalsoftwarefea tures:
• PINsecuritycodetoprotect yourAirCardandaccount
fromunauthorizeduse.
• AnActivationWizard(page 19)toassistwithconfiguring
yourCDMA account.
• Soundoptionstocustomizeringtonesforincomingcalls,
SMSmessages.
• ACallLogto
trackincoming,outgoing,missedcallsand
determinetheamountofdatatransferred.
• AbilitytomanageandmonitorconnectionswithaWiFi
networkadapter.
Package contents
YourAirCardpackagecontainsthefollowingcomponents:
• AirCard 580wirelessWANmodemwithantenna
• InstallationCDcontainingtheAirCardsoftwareandthis
installationandtroubleshootingguide
• QuickStartGuide
• WarrantyCard
System components
YourAirCard 580wirelessWANmodemisjustonepartofa
systemdesignedtoprovideyouwithawiderangeofcommu‐
nicationfeatures.Everycomponentofthesystemisneededto
enablethesecapabilities.
You r host computing device
Yournotebookhoststhe AirCardhardwareandrunsthe
communicationsoftware:yourwebbrowserore‐mailappli‐
cation,andWatcher—theAirCardenablingsoftware.
Youmayalsohaveothersoftwareonyourcomputerthatcan
beusedwirelesslywiththeAirCard,suchas:filetransfer
applications(FTP),chatorinstant messaging,
aVPN (Virtual
PrivateNetwork)client,clientsoftwareforacorporateserver
application.
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