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About the Wireless Hardware in Your ZoneAlarm Wireless Router

Your ZoneAlarm wireless router features a built-in 802.11b/g access point that is tightly integrated with the firewall and VPN.

ZoneAlarm wireless routers support the latest 802.11g standard (up to 54 Mbps) and are backwards compatible with the older 802.11b standard (up to 11 Mbps), so that both new and old adapters of these standards are interoperable. SZoneAlarm wireless routers also support a special Super G mode that allows reaching a throughput of up to 108 Mbps with Super G compatible stations. For more information on the Super G mode refer to: http://www.super-ag.com.

ZoneAlarm wireless routers transmit in 2.4GHz range, using dual diversity antennas to increase the range. In addition, ZoneAlarm routers support a special extended range (XR) mode that allows up to three times the range of a regular 802.11g access point. XR dramatically stretches the performance of a wireless LAN, by enabling long-range connections. The architecture delivers receive sensitivities of up to 105 dBm, over 20 dB more than the 802.11 specification. This allows ranges of up to 300 meters indoors, and up to 1 km (3200 ft) outdoors, with XR-enabled wireless stations (actual range depends on environment).

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