PPD-AR5BCB-00055802.11 b/g CardBus

Atheros 802.11b/g Cardbus Adapter Model AR5BCB-00055 Jan 2007 © 2000–2006 by Atheros Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. ATHEROS, the Atheros logo, 5-UP, Driving the Wireless Future, Atheros Driven, Atheros Turbo Mode, and the Air is Cleaner at 5-GHz are trademarks of Atheros Communications, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. Notice The information in this document has been carefully reviewed and is believed to be accurate. Nonetheless, this document is subject to change without notice, and Atheros Communications, Inc. (Atheros) assumes no responsibility for any inaccuracies that may be contained in this document, and makes no commitment to update or to keep current the contained information, or to notify a person or organization of any updates. Atheros reserves the right to make changes, at any time, in order to improve reliability, function or design and to attempt to supply the best product possible. 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Jan 2007 COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL Revision History Revision Description of Changes Jan 2007 Initial Release Atheros Communications, Inc. • v COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL March 2007 Contents Introduction..........................................................................................................7 System Requirements....................................................................................7 Profile Management.............................................................................................7 Create or Modify a Configuration Profile....................................................7 Remove a Configuration Profile ...................................................................8 Auto Profile Selection Management ...................................................................8 Switching to a Different Configuration Profile..................................................9 Import and Export Profiles..................................................................................9 Importing a Profile...............................................................................................9 Exporting a Profile ...............................................................................................9 TCP/IP Configuration .........................................................................................9 Configuring the TCP/IP Address for the network device:...............................9 General Tab.........................................................................................................10 Advanced Tab.....................................................................................................10 Security Tab ........................................................................................................11 Using EAP-TLS Security..............................................................................12 Using EAP-TTLS Security...........................................................................12 Using PEAP (EAP-GTC) Security...............................................................13 Using PEAP-MSCHAP V2 Security............................................................14 Using LEA…

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Atheros Communications Company 5480 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 t +1 408.773.5200 Date: 2007/03/14 GENERAL DECLARATION We, Atheros Communications Company declares that device does not have “Ad Hoc on non-US frequencies” while applying for the follow product. FCC ID: PPD-AR5BCB-00055 If you have any questions regarding the authorization, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Thank you! -------------------------------------------------------------- Yan Zheng / Manager of Reference Design testing Atheros Communications Company TEL: 011-408-720-5511 E-Mail Address: [email protected]

Atheros Communications Company 5480 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 t +1 408.773.5200 Federal Communications Commission Authorization and Evaluation Division Confidentiality Request FCC ID: PPD-AR5BCB-00055 Pursuant to Sections 0.457 and 0.459 of the Commission’s Rules, the Applicant hereby requests confidential treatment of information accompanying this Application as outlined below: Block Diagram Schematics Operational Description Antenna Specification The above materials contain trade secrets and proprietary information not customarily released to the public. The public disclosure of these matters might be harmful to the Applicant and provide unjustified benefits to its competitors. The Applicant understands that pursuant to Rule 0.457, disclosure of this Application and all accompanying documentation will not be made before the date of the Grant for this application. Sincerely yours, -------------------------------------------------------------- Yan Zheng / Manager of Reference Design testing Atheros Communications Company TEL: 011-408-720-5511 E-Mail Address: [email protected] 2007/03/16

Atheros Communications, Inc. 5480 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054 t 408 773 5200 f 408 773 9940 www.atheros.com Federal Communications Commission 7435 Oakland Mills Road Columbia, MD 21046 1/31/2007 Dear Examiner: We request the following portions of our application be withheld from public inspection as provided under FCC section 0.459: Block Diagram & Theory of Operation Schematics Antenna Specifications These documents contain details of the proprietary operation of the product not readily discernible - even to technically sophisticated individuals - from our hardware and constitute trade secrets. In addition, pursuant to Public Notice DA 04-1705, in order to comply with the marketing regulations in 47 CFR §2.803 and importation rules in 47 CFR §2.1204, while ensuring that business sensitive information remains confidential until the actual marketing of newly authorized devices, we request the commission grant short-term confidentiality for the following attachments until 45 days from the date of the Grant of Equipment Authorization: External Photos Internal Photos Test Setup Photos User Manual It is our understanding that all other attachments must be made available for public review once the grant of equipment authorization is issued. Sincerely, Michael Green Manager of Global Product Compliance

Atheros Communications Company 5480 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 t +1 408.773.5200 Power of Attorney To whom it may concern: We, the undersigned Atheros Communications Company hereby authorize Advance Data Technology Corporation (ADT) of Taiwan to act on our behalf in all matters relating to all processes required in the FCC Part 15C approval and any communication needed with the national authority. Any and all acts carried out by ADT on our behalf shall have the same effects as acts of our own. This authorization is limited to the following products： 802.11b/g CardBus ; Model No：AR5BCB-00055 If you have any questions regarding the authorization, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Thank you! Sincerely yours, -------------------------------------------------------------- Yan Zheng / Manager of Reference Design testing Atheros Communications Company TEL: 011-408-720-5511 E-Mail Address: [email protected] 2007/03/16

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PROPOSED FCC ID LABEL ATHEROS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. FCC ID: PPD-AR5BCB-00055 IC: 4104A-AR5BCB55 Model: AR5BCB-00055

FCC ID: PPD-AR5BCB-00055 FCC LABEL LOCATION The label will be permanently affixed at a conspicuous location on the device. Label

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Report no.: SA960207H01 1 Report Format Version 2.0.5 SAR TEST REPORT REPORT NO.: SA960207H01 MODEL NO.: AR5BCB-00055 RECEIVED: Feb. 07, 2007 TESTED: Mar. 13, 2007 ISSUED: Mar. 14, 2007 APPLICANT: Atheros Communications, Inc. ADDRESS: 5480 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 ISSUED BY: Advance Data Technology Corporation LAB ADDRESS: No. 47, 14 th Ling, Chia Pau Tsuen, Lin Kou Hsiang 244, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan, R.O.C. TEST LOCATION: No. 19, Hwa Ya 2 nd Rd., Kwei Shan Hsiang, Taoyuan Hsien 333, Taiwan, R.O.C. This test report consists of 35 pages in total except Appendix. It may be duplicated completely for legal use with the approval of the applicant. It should not be reproduced except in full, without the written approval of our laboratory. The client should not use it to claim product endorsement by CNLA, A2LA or any government agencies. The test results in the report only apply to the tested sample. Report no.: SA960207H01 2 Report Format Version 2.0.5 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. CERTIFICATION........................................................................................................................ 3 2. GENERAL INFORMATION........................................................................................................ 4 2.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF EUT.......................................................................................... 4 2.2 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF APPLIED STANDARDS ........................................................... 5 2.3 GENERAL INOFRMATION OF THE SAR SYSTEM ................................................................. 5 2.4 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SPATIAL PEAK SAR EVALUATION ................................ 8 3. DESCRIPTION OF SUPPORT UNITS .................................................................................... 12 4. DESCRIPTION OF TEST MODES AND CONFIGURATIONS................................................ 13 4.1. DESCRIPTION OF ANTENNA LOCATION ............................................................................. 13 4.2. DESCRIPTION OF ASSESSMENT POSITION ...................................................................... 14 4.3. DESCRIPTION OF TEST MODE ............................................................................................ 14 4.4. SUMMARY OF TEST RESULTS ............................................................................................. 15 5. TEST RESULTS ...................................................................................................................... 16 5.1 TEST PROCEDURES ............................................................................................................. 16 5.2 MEASURED SAR RESULTS................................................................................................... 18 5.3 SAR LIMITS ............................................................................................................................. 19 5.4 RECIPES FOR TISSUE SIMULATING LIQUIDS.................................................................... 20 5.5 TEST EQUIPMENT FOR TISSUE PROPERTY...................................................................... 22 6. SYSTEM VALIDATION ............................................................................................................ 23 6.1 TEST EQUIPMENT .................................................................................................................23 6.2 TEST PROCEDURE................................................................................................................ 24 6.3 VALIDATION RESULTS........................................................................................................... 26 6.4 SYSTEM VALIDATION UNCERTAINTIES .............................................................................. 27 7. MEASUREMENT SAR PROCEDURE UNCERTAINTIES ...................................................... 28 7.1. PROBE CALIBRATION UNCERTAINTY................................................................................. 28 7.2. ISOTROPY UNCERTAINTY.................................................................................................... 29 7.3. BOUNDARY EFFECT UNCERTAINTY................................................................................... 29 7.4. PROBE LINEARITY UNCERTAINTY ...................................................................................... 30 7.5. READOUT ELECTRONICS UNCERTAINTY.......................................................................... 30 7.6. RESPONSE TIME UNCERTAINTY ........................................................................................ 30 7.7. INTEGRATION TIME UNCERTAINTY .................................................................................... 31 7.8. PROBE POSITIONER MECHANICAL TOLERANCE............................................................. 32 7.9. PROBE POSITIONING............................................................................................................ 32 7.10. PHANTOM UNCERTAINTY .................................................................................................... 33 7.11. DASY4 UNCERTAINTY BUDGET .......................................................................................... 34 8. INFORMATION ON THE TESTING LABORATORIES ............................................................ 35 APPENDIX A: TEST CONFIGURATIONS AND TEST DATA APPENDIX B: ADT SAR MEASUREMENT SYSTEM APPENDIX C: PHOTOGRAPHS OF SYSTEM VALIDATION APPENDIX D: SYSTEM CERTIFICATE & CALIBRATION Report no.: SA960207H01 3 Report Format Version 2.0.5 1. CERTIFICATION PRODUCT: 802.11 b/g CardBus MODEL: AR5BCB-00055 BRAND: Atheros APPLICANT: Atheros Communications, Inc. TESTED: Mar. 13, 2007 TEST SAMPLE: ENGINEERING SAMPLE STANDARDS: FCC Part 2 (Section 2.1093) FCC OET Bulletin 65, Supplement C (01-01) RSS-102 IEEE 1528-2003 The above equipment (model: AR5BCB-00055) has been tested by Advance Data Technology Corporation, and found compliance w…

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Report No.: RF960207H01 1 Report Format Version 2.0.5 FCC TEST REPORT REPORT NO.: RF960207H01 MODEL NO.: AR5BCB-00055 RECEIVED: Feb. 07, 2007 TESTED: Feb. 12 to March 02, 2007 ISSUED: March 13, 2007 APPLICANT: Atheros Communications, Inc. ADDRESS: 5480 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 ISSUED BY: Advance Data Technology Corporation LAB LOCATION: No. 81-1, Lu Liao Keng, 9 Ling, Wu Lung Tsuen, Chiung Lin Hsiang, Hsin Chu Hsien, Taiwan, R.O.C. This test report consists of 72 pages in total. It may be duplicated completely for legal use with the approval of the applicant. It should not be reproduced except in full, without the written approval of our laboratory. The client should not use it to claim product endorsement by CNLA, A2LA or any government agencies. The test results in the report only apply to the tested sample. No. 2177-01 Report No.: RF960207H01 2 Report Format Version 2.0.5 Table of Contents 1 CERTIFICATION.........................................................................................................4 2 SUMMARY OF TEST RESULTS................................................................................5 2.1 MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY..............................................................................5 3 GENERAL INFORMATION.........................................................................................6 3.1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF EUT...........................................................................6 3.2 DESCRIPTION OF TEST MODES.............................................................................7 3.3 TEST MODE APPLICABLITY AND TESTED CHANNEL DETAIL:............................8 3.4 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF APPLIED STANDARDS..........................................10 3.5 DESCRIPTION OF SUPPORT UNITS.....................................................................11 3.6 CONFIGURATION OF SYSTEM UNDER TEST......................................................11 4 TEST TYPES AND RESULTS..................................................................................12 4.1 CONDUCTED EMISSION MEASUREMENT...........................................................12 4.1.1 LIMITS OF CONDUCTED EMISSION MEASUREMENT........................................12 4.1.2 TEST INSTRUMENTS..............................................................................................12 4.1.3 TEST PROCEDURES...............................................................................................13 4.1.4 TEST SETUP............................................................................................................13 4.1.5 EUT OPERATING CONDITIONS.............................................................................14 4.1.6 TEST RESULTS........................................................................................................15 4.2 RADIATED EMISSION MEASUREMENT................................................................17 4.2.1 LIMITS OF RADIATED EMISSION MEASUREMENT.............................................17 4.2.2 TEST INSTRUMENTS..............................................................................................18 4.2.3 TEST PROCEDURES...............................................................................................19 4.2.4 TEST SETUP............................................................................................................20 4.2.5 EUT OPERATING CONDITIONS.............................................................................20 4.2.6 TEST RESULTS........................................................................................................21 4.2.7 TEST RESULTS - DSSS...........................................................................................22 4.2.8 TEST RESULTS - OFDM..........................................................................................29 4.3 6dB BANDWIDTH MEASUREMENT........................................................................36 4.3.1 LIMITS OF 6dB BANDWIDTH MEASUREMENT.....................................................36 4.3.2 TEST INSTRUMENTS..............................................................................................36 4.3.3 TEST PROCEDURE.................................................................................................37 4.3.4 TEST SETUP............................................................................................................37 4.3.5 EUT OPERATING CONDITIONS.............................................................................37 4.3.6 TEST RESULTS –DSSS...........................................................................................38 4.3.7 TEST RESULTS-OFDM............................................................................................41 4.4 MAXIMUM PEAK OUTPUT POWER........................................................................44 4.4.1 LIMITS OF MAXIMUM PEAK OUTPUT POWER MEASUREMENT.......................44 4.4.2 TEST INSTRUMENTS..............................................................................................44 4.4.3 TEST PROCEDURES...............................................................................................45 4.4.4 TEST SETUP............................................................................................................45 Report No.: RF960207H01 3 Report Format Version 2.0.5 4.4.5 EUT OPERATING CONDITIONS.............................................................................45 4.4.6 TEST RESULTS – DSSS..........................................................................................46 4.4.7 TEST RESULTS –OFDM..........................................................................................49 4.5 AVERAGE OUTPUT POWER...................................................................................52 4.5.1 FOR REFERENCE....................................................................................................52 4.5.2 TEST INSTRUMENTS...…

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1 PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE TEST CONFIGURATION CONDUCTED EMISSION TEST 2 RADIATED EMISSION TEST