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Additional Overview Information
The Intel® PROSet/Wireless Software v10.5 works in conjunction with Intel® PRO/Wireless Network Connection hardware to connect your notebook or desktop computer to a wireless LAN.
Intel PROSet/Wireless Software provides the freedom and flexibility to work and play without hunting for a phone jack, network cable, or plugging in a special card. Using industry tested compatibility, you can use the software to easily connect to wireless LAN networks in your home, at the office, or on the road at hotspots in airports, hotels and coffee shops.+
As enterprises continue to deploy and invest in WLAN infrastructure, Intel is helping enable additional usage models and functionality that will put their WLAN investment to even greater use. New capabilities include using 802.11e QoS to make VoIP calls, and greater control over centrally deploying corporate wide profiles and settings on clients.
In addition to supporting standards-based solutions, Intel PROSet/Wireless Software is designed to support Cisco Compatible Extensions* v4.0. Intel is the lead collaborator with Cisco on Cisco Compatible Extensions. Intel PROSet/Wireless Software is available from a variety of notebook manufacturers to address the demanding needs of their IT customers.
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Security: Supports industry standard protocols, providing the privacy and protection that enterprises demand for their mobile users. |
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Manageability: The optionally installed IT Administrator Tool enables network managers to create and distribute WLAN connection profiles, centrally set driver and application settings, distribute driver and software updates and package custom settings into a self installing executable file. |
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Ease-of-Use: A newly updated user interface provides simplified connectivity to wireless networks. The main screen provides the user an overview of the current WLAN environment. |
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Business Class Wireless Suite: provides integrated wireless LAN solutions to enable new applications and higher performance for businesses when using Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection hardware and Cisco* Unified Wireless Architecture.
- Enhanced VoIP Quality Technology: enhances your VoIP experience when using optimized softphone applications with expanded quality of service features and enhanced call clarity delivering a richer call experience.
- Optimal AP Selection Technology: allows load balancing of traffic across access points which helps increase bandwidth capacity, and can enhance data, voice and video throughput for your demanding applications.
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| Features below may not be available on all supported hardware
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| Supported Hardware◊ |
Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
Intel® PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection
Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
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| Security |
Authentication Types Supported: 802.11i WPA§ and WPA2§, (certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance for interoperability), 802.1X (EAP-TLS, TTLS, MD5, PEAP, LEAP, EAP-FAST).
Authentication Protocols: PAP, CHAP, MD5, GTC, MS-CHAP, MS-CHAPv2.
Encryption: 64-bit and 128-bit WEP, AES-CCMP, CKIP, TKIP.
Single Sign On Support - a single set of credentials authenticates a user to the wireless network and to their machine/domain during the Windows* login session. Authentication types supported are: EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, LEAP, PEAP and EAP-FAST. Single Sign On profiles may also contain machine certificates and user credential based authentication.
Support for Cisco* Compatible Extensions v4.0.
EAP-SIM Support - SIM-enabled laptop is able to connect to a hotspot that has an agreement with the user's cell-phone network. |
| Manageability |
Central profile management
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Remote creation and distribution of connection profiles. |
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Remotely-managed Global Policies - enables an administrator to limit user access to individual network or even individual APs. |
PROSet IT Administration Tool - provides administrators with run-time configurable system-wide options, global policy settings, as well as configurable install-time options which users are unable to alter.
Installation package creator - Allows IT managers to create a customized install package that can be pushed to clients via software distribution tools. The package may contain profiles, driver/application settings, driver updates and specific application components. Once the settings are selected, the tool automatically creates a self extracting executable file.
Wake on WLAN - mobile client maintains a connection with the access point, and can be remotely woken up to distribute software patches, virus scan definition files etc.
Selective Install Options - enables the IT manager to install only the desired components of the software. |
| Network Robustness |
802.11e QoS for VoIP: New API specifically designed to allow optimized VoIP softphone applications to prioritize and reserve bandwidth using 802.11e QoS parameters.
Business Class Wireless Suite:
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Optimal AP Selection Technology: Improves client and network performance by more efficient and proactive roaming to optimal access points. As a result, traffic is load balanced more effectively across AP's. |
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Enhanced VoIP Quality Technology: In addition to reserving bandwidth for voice traffic using 802.11e QoS, it provides improved network statistics to VoIP softphone clients. Optimized softphone clients can then automatically change behavior in response to changing network conditions. Support for wideband codecs also improves call clarity for calls made between softphones. |
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| Ease of Use |
Simplified and intuitive user interface.
Profile Management:
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WLAN connections are saved as profiles to automatically connect when the network is available. |
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Easy and secure switching between networks - multiple profiles in priority order, each with their own security settings, enables users to automatically, and more securely, connect to networks with different security settings. |
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Additional profile management capabilities. Supports on-demand profiles that will only be activated at the user's request. Also allows launching a program when a wireless connection is made for a specific profile. For example, this would allow a user to automatically launch their VPN software when connecting to their office WLAN network. |
Ability to toggle between Intel PROSet/Wireless and Microsoft Windows* XP Wireless Zero Configuration Service
Greatly simplified way to connect to networks configured with WEP, WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK security. Automatically detects the security type that the WLAN access point is configured for.
Wireless radio on/off. |
| Supported Operating Systems |
Microsoft* Windows* XP (Professional, Home, Tablet)
Microsoft Windows 2000
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§ Some security solutions may not be supported by your PC's operating system and may require additional software and/or certain hardware as well as wireless LAN infrastructure support. Check with your PC manufacturer for details.
◊ Intel® PROSet/Wireless Software v10.5 supports PCs and Intel Centrino processor technology based notebooks with Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection, Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection and Intel® PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection. The software may not be supported by your PC's operating system and/or by your PC manufacturer. Some features may require specific hardware configurations. Check with your PC manufacturer for details.
+ Wireless connectivity and some features may require you to purchase additional software, services or external hardware. Availability of public wireless LAN access points is limited, wireless functionality may vary by country and some hotspots may not support Linux-based Intel Centrino processor technology systems. System performance measured by MobileMark*. System performance, battery life, wireless performance and functionality will vary depending on your specific operating system, hardware and software configurations. See www.intel.com/products/centrino/ for more information.
* Other names and brands may be claimed as property of their respective owners.
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