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WL830PC Easy Start

Introduction

Thank you on your purchase of WL830PC Wireless Card.
WL830PC Wireless Card provides user the flexibility to connect to the Internet in a
wireless environment.

Operating System Requirement

MS-Windows 98 SE (Second Edition)
MS-Windows 2000
MS-Windows Me (Millennium Edition)
MS-Windows XP Home/Professional Edition

Installing the Driver

1

For configuring your wirless card, double-click the 

Client Utility

 icon and select

under 

Help > Atheros Client Utility

 

Help

.

Follow on screen instructions to configure your wireless card.

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Uninstalling the Drivers

2

i

ii

On your Desktop , Click on the 

"My Computer"

 icon.

ii

Click 

"Control Panel".

iii

Double click 

"Add/Remove Programs".

iv

Double click

 "Atheros Wireless Network Adapter and Applications"

v

Under the

 "Atheros Install Program For Wireless Network Adapter Products"

,

please select 

"Delete the previous installation".

vi

Follow on-screen instruction to uninstall the driver.

3

ATTENTION: Please DO NOT insert your
wireless PC card to your computer UNTIL
you have installed the software FIRST.

LED Specification

4

Power LED

Network LED

Meaning

Slow-rate Blink

OFF

Power Save Mode (default
from power up or reset)

ON

OFF

Awake

Alternate Blink

Alternate Blink

Search for network
association

Slow-rate Blink

Slow-rate Blink

Associated with network - No
activity

Fast-rate Blink

Fast-rate Blink

Associated with network -
blink increases with activity

OFF

OFF

No power

For Windows 98 SE Users

Please click cancel at the Start up page (if prompted) after you have
inserted the Installation CD. Please run the file Wmi9x.exe located in the

root directory of the Installation CD before installing the driver. (Eg. D:\
Wmi9x.exe)

i

ii

Insert Installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. If the 

Installation CD

 

does not start

automatically, please run the 

Setup.exe

 program located on the CD-ROM.

ii

Click 

"Next".

iii

Select 

"I accept the terms of the license agreement"

 and click 

"Next".

iv

Click 

"Next"

 to continue with the rest of the installation steps.

For Windows XP Users,  you would encounter a screen that says “Software Installation”.

This is normal, just click

 "Continue Anyway".

v.

Click 

"Finish"

 to end the Installation wizard.

Insert WL830PC Wireless Card into the PCMCIA slot firmly and evenly. Take care not

to force it into the slot. WL830PC Wireless Card will automatically run its own
installation setup.

For Windows 98 SE Users, skip the file when prompted for 

.CAT

 file. Restart the PC

after the driver installation has completed.

The Installation will activate the Client Utility icon         in the "system tray" of the Windows
taskbar. You can find the icon at the right-bottom of your screen.

For Windows 98 SE / ME Users

Please locate the file ar52119x.sys found in root directory of the Installation
CD if prompted for missing ar52119x.sys file. (Eg. D:\ ar52119x.sys)

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