SparkLAN Mimobility 300Mbps technology wireless LAN mini-PCI card IEEE 802.11g+b+n Draft wifi standard NIC adapter for laptops
(also for barebones & WRAP boards)

Ralink latest chipset card manufactured by Sparklan only few weeks ago, NEWEST CONFIGURATION VERSION GUARANTIED.
8TH GENERATION CHIP HAS 6x SPEEDS, IMPROVED POWER MANAGEMENT AND MULTIMEDIA EXPERIENCE SERVICE.

SparkLAN Inc is an upcoming player in the wireless arena with extremelly high quality products at reasonable prices. We are proud to be its North American Official Distributor.

Please check your laptops specifications before buying.

Standard Mini-PCI interface card for laptops. Takes two cable connections for the antenna support. It should fit any recent laptops from IBM, DELL, ACER, Toshiba, Compaq and others ( if you have a Mini-PCI slot and antennae wire(s) your laptop should be compatible - it also works with no antenna attached but it has a far shorter range). Also fully Centrino compatible.

ULTRA FAST SPEED AND EXTRA LONG RADIO RANGE (very high TX and RX power - it has actually much BETTER RECEPTION than many external adapters - improves your connection and your life!). PLUS ENHANCED WPA & WPA2 SECURITY!!! Why having a PCMCIA card sticking out of your laptop when you could easily install this one internally?

SPARKLAN Mini PCI WiFi Wireless 802.11b/g/N Universal Card.
[ RALINK CHIPSET - MIMOBILITY technology Mini PCI wireless adapter ]

Every aspect of chipset design is aimed at enabling customers to build smaller and more sophisticated mobile wireless products, more cost-effectively. Every Ralink product is tested and certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance for interoperability with industry standards for IEEE, security and multimedia specifications, including: Wi-Fi, IEEE, WPA, WPA2, Cisco CCX and WMM.

MIMObility™

With Ralink's patented MIMObility™ technology for 802.11n, Wi-Fi applications can be extended from traditional PC networking to a wide range of digital multimedia and handheld devices including cell phones, PDAs, cameras, print servers, HDTV and video game players. For each chipset, Ralink delivers software reference platforms empowering customers to develop complete system-level WLAN solutions.

With the introduction of new bandwidth intensive applications and growth of Gigabit Ethernet ports, there is increasing demand for wireless LAN throughput. The SparkLAN Ralink 2860 chipset dramatically increase the overall throughput of the wireless LAN by supporting link rates as high as 300 Mbps - an improvement of nearly six times the throughput of standard 802.11g.

Compatibility:

Sparklan provides drivers for most of the windows versions and linux. Drivers for other operating systems might be available.

Please make sure that your laptop is compatible before buying this Wlan card as it is your responsibility to do so. Following is a list of known compatible laptops (there are many more).
Basically, if you have a Mini-PCI slot (slot type type IIIA or IIIB) and antennae wires your laptop should be compatible. We CANNOT offer extended compatibility advice with specific models except than the following few examples below:

class=style32>...and many other models that have a Mini PCI slot !

Features

• Highly integrated single chip CMOS solution with multiprotocol
  MAC/baseband processor and 2.4 GHz radio

• Uses digital CMOS technology exclusively, minimizing power
  consumption and cost while maximizing reliability
• Extended tuning range (2.300-2.500 GHz) for worldwide use
  Dynamic Frequency Selection/Transmit Power Control (DFS/TPC)
  for international operation
• LAN Features

• Connect without wires at speeds up to 300Mbps

• Based on IEEE 802.11 b/g/N DRAFT standard wireless protocol-WiFi certified.

• Compatible with the increasing number of Public Access facilities.

• PAN Features

• Eliminates desktop cables

• WAN Features

• Based on standard cellular wireless protocols

• Anywhere, anytime, "always on" connectivity

• Itegrated wireless network management capabilities, including "Wake-on-Wireless" and "Wake-on-Theft".
• Network OS Supported.

Performance

• Typical Range: Indoors: Up to 100m - Outdoors: Up to 400m ( see range comparison table below ) Atheros XR™ eXtended Range technology to give Wi-Fi products twice
  the range of existing designs Wireless Multimedia Enhancements Quality of Service support (QoS)
  XPAN ® mode delivers up to 300 Mbps raw data rate with typical end user throughput exceeding 120 Mbps XPAN utilizes Adaptive Radio to automatically identify clear channels for maximum throughout and standards compatible operation For systems designed with two antennas, real-time antenna selection enables optimized WLAN performance.
• Real-time temperature calibration dynamically optimizes wireless performance by adjusting output power to temperature changes for increased throughput & range with 802.11 radio.
  

Power Management

• Very low power consumption - 350 to 450 mw in transmission mode.
• Power-saving design improvements reduce system power
  consumption up to 98%
• A user selectable feature with five different Power states, which allows the user to make their own power vs. performance choices when in battery mode.

Specifications

General Device Type Network adapter
Form Factor Plug-in card
Interface (Bus) Type Mini PCI
Width 0.5 cm
Depth 6 cm
Height 4.5 cm
Weight 12 g
Networking Connectivity Technology Wireless
Data Link Protocol IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n draft
Data Transfer Rate up to 300 Mbps
Frequency Band 2.4 GHz (802.11b/g)
Compliant Standards: IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11d, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n draft, IEEE 802.1x, IEEE 802.11i, IEEE 802.11e, IEEE 802.11h, IEEE 802.11j, Wi-Fi CERTIFIED
Expansion / Connectivity Provided Interfaces 1 x network - Radio-Ethernet
Compatible Slots 1 x mini PCI - type III b
Miscellaneous Encryption Algorithm LEAP, AES, 128-bit WEP, 64-bit WEP, PEAP, TKIP, WPA, WPA2
Compliant Standards UL, cUL, IEC 60950, CB, FCC, CE, DGT

Complies to the 11 radio channel US allowance

Environmental Parameters Min Operating Temperature 0 0C
Max Operating Temperature 80 0C
Humidity Range Operating 50 - 92%