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A
PPENDIX
B: W
INDOWS
NT I
NSTALLATION
W
ITH
S
OFTEX
C
ARD
E
XECUTIVE
Install Without
Networking
If you do not have networking installed on your notebook, choose the appropriate
version of Softex you are running and follow the procedure.
Softex 2.8.2 and Above
If you are running Softex 2.8.2 or above on your notebook, the drivers needed
for the PC Card have already been downloaded to your hard drive. Follow this
procedure:
1
Insert the Windows NT CD, and then click
OK
.
2
Insert the PC Card in your notebook.
3
The PCMCIA Card Not Configured window appears. Make sure the
Install system
provided driver for this card (recommended
) option is activated.
4
The 3CRWE62092A Wireless LAN PC Card Setup window appears. Make sure
both the
IRQ Number
and
I/O Base
text boxes display
Auto
, then click
Continue
.
The drivers are installed.
5
After the drivers are installed, Windows asks: “Do you wish to use DHCP?”
Click
Yes
. Networking is installed.
6
After the networking components are installed, the PCMCIA Card Configuration
Complete window appears. Select
Manufacturer 3Com Card type 3CRWE62092A
Wireless PC Card
, then click
OK
.
7
Reboot your notebook.
8
When the 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN Client Setup window appears, select
Typical
and click
Next
.
Typical
configures the PC Card with the following default values:
WLAN Service Area
—Attach to any WLAN Service Area automatically
Security Setting
—No security (Open system)
If you want to customize the PC Card configuration (to add security, for example),
select
Custom
. See “Custom Installation Options” for details on custom settings.
For fastest installation, it is recommended you use the typical settings. You can
customize the configuration later as described in “Setting the Wireless Client
Configuration”.
9
In the Summary window, review the PC Card setup and click
Finish
.
10
Windows displays the following prompt: “Please install the utility software by
running Setup.exe from the 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN CD and going to the
Tools and Utilities menu.” Click
OK
.
11
Insert the 3Com 11 Mbps Wireless LAN CD in the CD-ROM drive.
12
Select
Start/Run
, then enter
x:\setup.exe
(where “x” is the drive letter of your
CD-ROM drive).
13
When the 3Com 11Mbps WLAN menu appears, select
Tools and Utilities
.
14
Select
Install the Utility Software and Documentation
. The files are downloaded.
15
Read the Welcome page and click
Next
.
16
Read the Software License Agreement and click
Yes
. (If you click
No
, the
installation stops.)
17
Select a destination folder for the software files and click
Next
.
