Roboard miniPCI WiFi Card 802.11b/g VT6655

The Roboard miniPCI WiFi card offers a low power solution, discrete form factor solution, to add high speed WiFi capability to the Roboard (up to 54Mbps).
The card sits on the PCI connector of the board and will offer 802.11 b/g wireless networking functionality. An External Antenna (with cable) is included for improved reception and flexible positioning on the robot/application.

To install the miniPCI WLAN card you will need to remove the miniPCI VGA Card (if you have it installed). You can't have both cards connected simultaneously.
Console output will be maintained after removing the VGA card: the board features console IO redirection that, when enabled, redirects all console output during POST to COM1 (RS232).

Documentation:

• Technical Specification Sheet for the VT6655 WiFi Module
• Enabling Console Redirection to COM1
• Drivers for Linux and Windows (XP, Embedded, CE, ...) can be found on the VIA Download page

Kit Contents:

• 1x MiniPCI WiFi Card
• 1x Antenna
• 1x Connection Cable for Antena

Additional Notes:

• For Linux distributions, we recommend redirecting console to COM1 to maintain console access after boot.
  In addition, setting up SSH, Telnet or other wireless console client, enables wireless console access.
   
• For Windows XP Professional, once the OS is installed you can remove the VGA card and access the OS over the LAN using Remote Desktop.
  Remote Desktop is included in the Professional Edition of Windows XP.
  There are alternatives to Remote Desktop such as UltraVNC which offer similar functionality.