DCMA-82 Atheros 6G: 802.11a/b/g High Power mPCI Card
Commercial Standard Temperature version
Competitive with the Ubiquiti cards, and more powerful than the EnGenius EMP-8602.
Benefits:
- High power: Industry leading 802.11a/g throughput and range
- 802.11a/b/g
- Upto 108 Mbps with 60+ Mbps throughput with typical data.
- Wi-Fi compliant, fully interoperable. Supports 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11g Super Mode, 802.11a, 802.11a Turbo Mode.
- Super G™ and Super A/G™ deliver wired speeds with backward compatibility
- eXtended Range XR Technology
- Full interoperability, feature and regulatory certification compliant
- WHQL Compliant (Microsoft®)
- RoHS Compliant
Features:
- Atheros AR5006 6th generation single chip 802.11a/b/g. AR5414A-BGA
- Internal Low Frequency Oscillator for Low Power Sleep mode
- Variable Transmit Output (Maximum:)
- 802.11a:
- +22.5 dBm at 6,9,12,18 Mbps
- +21.5 dBm at 36 Mbps
- +19 dBm at 48 Mbps
- +18 dBm at 54 Mbps
- 802.11g:
- +23 dBm at 6,9,12,18 Mbps
- +22.5 dBm at 36 Mbps
- +20 dBm at 48 Mbps
- +19.5 dBm at 54 Mbps
- 802.11b 24 dBm at 1,2,5.5 and 11 Mbps
- Security:
- WPA - 64, 128, 152-bit WEP data encryption
- Integrated 802.11i/WPA2 Supplicant
- AES (Advanced Encryption Security) Support - AES-CCM & TKIP
- IEEE 802.1x Authentication
- 802.11e standard compatible bursting
- Support for draft IEEE 802.11e,h,l and j standards
- FAA S/W radio On/Off support
- Supports multi-country roaming (802.11d)
- 3.3V Operating Voltage
- Transmission Power Control (TCP) to adjust RF output power.
- Dynamic Freqency Selection (DFS) support - works in USA, Europe, Japan & China
Software:
- Site Survey function
- Manufacturer Support of Windows ME, 2000, XP.
- Supports JumpStart V1.0 on Microsoft 2K, XP.
- No official support is provided for BSD or Linux (see below).
- Drivers for this card are currently available via Download only.
- Linux support via madwifi driver
- Download the FreeBSD driver or look in the kernel tree. See wi, atw, ath(4)
- OpenBSD now supports some Atheros cards. See ath on this page.
- Compatible with pfSense.
- Compatible with m0n0wall
Sensitivity:
Measured in dBm
| Mode | Speed | Min | Typical | Max |
| 802.11a | 6-12 Mbps | -92 | -90 | -85 |
| | 18 Mbps | -91 | -89 | -84 |
| | 24 Mbps | -87 | -85 | -80 |
| | 36 Mbps | -84 | -82 | -77 |
| | 48 Mbps | -79 | -77 | -72 |
| | 54 Mbps | -74 | -72 | -66 |
| 802.11g | 6-12 Mbps | -92 | -90 | -85 |
| | 18 Mbps | -91 | -89 | -84 |
| | 24 Mbps | -87 | -85 | -80 |
| | 36 Mbps | -84 | -82 | -77 |
| | 48 Mbps | -79 | -77 | -72 |
| | 54 Mbps | -75 | -74 | -68 |
| 802.11b |
1 Mbps |
-96 |
-95 |
-89 |
| |
2 Mbps |
-94 |
-93 |
-86 |
| | 5.5 Mbps | -93 | -92 | -85 |
| | 11 Mbps | -99 | -88 | -83 |
Current Consumption:
During 3.3V DC continuous transmit
| Mode | Min | Typical | Max |
| 802.11a | 850 mA | 950 mA | 1050 mA |
| 802.11g | 700 mA | 800 mA | 900 mA |
| 802.11b | 700 mA | 800 mA | 900 mA |
Mechanical:
- Dimension: Type IIIa miniPCI card: 59.6mm (L) x 50.8mm (W) x 5.5mm (H)
- Two MMCX antenna leads on upper right corner
- Operating Temperature: 0° - 70°C
- RoHS Compliance: Yes.
Additional information:
Warranty and Support Information:
91DCMA13.G11