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WiMAX360 Product Review - ZyXEL - MAX-100 - IEEE 802.16e PCMCIA Card
ZyXEL Product Review
MAX-100
IEEE 802.16e PCMCIA Card
* IEEE 802.16e-2005 WiMAX Air Interface (TDD SOFDMA)
* 2.5GHz (MAX-200M1), 3.5GHz (MAX-210M1) and 2.3GHz (MAX-230M1)
* High Transmit Power (27dBm), 6dBi Built in Antenna, and External Antenna
Option
* AAS Beamforming Smart Antenna Support
* Enhanced Security for Authentication and Ciphering
* Local and Remote Control and SW Upgrade Capabilities
Benefits
The Ultimate Broadband Wireless Technology
The MAX-100 series supports the IEEE 802.16e-2005, state of the art SOFDMA
based, radio interface, also known as WiMAX.
Maximum Freedom of Mobility
MAX-100 series PCMCIA provides users a seamless broadband wireless access,
giving the freedom to surf the internet and access any data while under WiMAX
802.16e coverage, at home, in the office, or on the move.
Easy Installation and Intuitive User Interface
The auto setup wizard makes installation quick and simple. Moreover, an
intuitive user interface easily guides users through the configuration
procedure.
Compact, Stylish Designed
Small is beautiful. The MAX-100 series is yet small enough to fit in your
pocket, especially it could provide you higher performance via rotating antenna.
Specification
WiMAX Air Interface
* Reference standard: IEEE 802.16e-2005 SOFDMA
* Radio Access Method: TDD
* Frequency:
o 2.500-2.700GHz (MAX-100)
o 3.400-3.600GHz (MAX-110)
o 2.300-2.400GHz (MAX-130)
* Channel Bandwidth / FFT size: 5MHz / 512FFT, 8.75MHz/1024 FFT and
10MHz/1024FFT (software selectable)
* Central frequency resolution: 125kHz
* Modulation: QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM (DL only)
* FEC: CC (Convolutional Coding), CTC (Convolutional Turbo Code)
* Smart antenna: AAS according to WiMAX Forum Profile
* Maximum output power at antenna port: 23dBm ±1d
* Antenna: 2dBi omni, 65º beam width
* Up to 5 Mbps downlink, 2 Mbps uplink for user data
* QoS management based on classification
* Security: EAP-TTLS/CHAP-based user authentication, CMAC message
authentication, CCM mode 128-bit AES data ciphering
* Max power consumption: 2W
System Requirements
* PC with PCMCIA card
* Windows 2000 or Windows XP Configuration / Upgrade
* PC application for configuration, diagnostic and software upgrade (from local
PC)
Hardware Specifications
* PCMCIA type ll form factor
* 2 LEDs: Power indication and WiMAX connection status
* Rotating antenna
Physical Specifications
* Dimension: 58(W) x 10 (D) x 125 (H) mm
* Weight: 85 g
Environmental Specifications
* Operation Temperature: 0ºC ~ 45ºC
* Operation Humidity: 10% ~ 90% (non-condensing)
* Storage Temperature: -25ºC ~ 55ºC
* Storage Humidity: 10% ~ 95% (non- condensing)
Certification
* EMC and Safety: ETSI EN 301 489, EN 60950, CE marked for EMC and Safety
* WEEE Eco directive 2002/95/EC
* WHQL
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Christophe Ngo on -
Well, I've been using those for a year and a half and here is the real feedback:
This model is based on runcom chipset, their performances are starting really to get outdated and there is a lot of feature this PCMCIA card is not going to support.
So bad RF comparing to others, no support for Dynamic beamforming for example.
Secondly, driver of the card is not compatible with Vista and will not be ported according to ZyXEL, so good luck with that.
Cheers,
Christophe
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Permalink Reply by WiMAX Broadband Solutions on -
Thanks Christophe,
I am surprised its not compatible with Vista. Any issues with Safari?
Mike Wolleben
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Permalink Reply by Jose Dorville on -
I being using this model too, really bad RF and I always complain how hot this unit get in my laptop.
The only good thing that I found is the sensibility and the ability to connect in worst case scenarios (low conditions to connect)
As Christophe mention before, it doesn't work in Vista and have the Runcom chip, of course lack of feature like ide mode to save more battery in you laptop, etc.
Cheers
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Permalink Reply by David P. on -
In the WiMAX rollout project here, we are using a few CPEs - ZyXEL (Runcom) PCMCIA, Indoor CPE, BECEEM (Quanta) etc. Comparatively the ZyXEL PCMCIA has the worst radio performance and even in throughput (esp. DL) in the same radio condition. The best performance ironically is from a Taiwanese CPE vendor, relatively unknown, but using Intel chipset.
When we found out that Zyxel has clearly denied to support SHA-256 with SISO PCMCIA, the partnership with the vendor was terminated.
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Permalink Reply by Christophe Ngo on
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Well apparently we are not the only one suffering from their bad support and change of moods.
They are poor in WiMAX, Software and support.
We are testing the MIMO MAX-216, and it is the same story, same crap.
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