Technical Details for SMC EZ-Stream SMC2336W-AG

SMC EZ-Stream SMC2336W-AG ... Receiver, the Universal Wireless Cardbus Adapter ensures optimal throughput and performance for your multimedia content. SMCWMR-AG EZ-Stream Universal Wireless Multimedia Receiver delivers your networked PC's collection of MP3 songs, digital photos, digital music video or movies to your Home Entertainment Center or Audio System. You can also listen to Internet radio using the broadband home network connection.

The EZ-Stream Universal 2.4GHz/5GHz 802.11a/b/g Wireless Cardbus Adapter from SMC employs the latest design and technology from Atheros. SMC2336W-AG lets your notebook computer connect to any available 802.11a, 802.11b or 802.11g wireless networks. Now you only need to carry this one Universal Wireless Cardbus Adapter and it works everywhere - whether at the office, at home, or at "hotspot" locations such as hotels, airports, trade shows, conference centers! It is the ultimate in mobility and flexibility in wireless networking.

The EZ-Stream Universal 802.11a/b/g Wireless Cardbus Adapter includes an EZ Installation Wizard that makes set-up quick and easy. Simply put the EZ Installation Wizard CD into your CD-ROM drive, click on Install Driver/Utility Link, the wizard will perform the installation automatically. Then plug in your EZ Connect Universal Wireless Cardbus Card into the PCMCIA slot of your laptop, you are now free to connect to virtually any 802.11 network. The SMC2336W-AG 802.11a/b/g Wireless Cardbus Adapter operates at up to 1, 700 feet and offers high-speed data rates of up to 54Mbps in 802.11g mode, and up to 108Mbps in 802.11a Turbo mode - 10 times faster than today's 802.11b 11 Mbps WLAN products. This adapter also provides advanced security by supporting up to 152-bit WEP encryption, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), the new Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), and 802.1x for user authentication and authorization. Profile management software allows the new wireless notebook adapter the ability to save multiple wireless settings corresponding to different locations or networks, for example one for home and one for work. In addition, SMC2336W-AG has a built-in site-survey utility program for scanning all available Wireless Access Points on the network. Furthermore, the utility program has a built-in bandwidth graph for quick and easy assessment of how much network bandwidth is actually being used on your PC.

Above all, the new addition to the SMC's wireless family protects your investment, as it is backward compatible to the already popular 2.4GHz 11Mbps wireless network. By carrying only this universal card, you are now ready to stay connected wherever you go!