Conceptronic Wireless 54Mbps USB Adapter
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First Time Setup
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Windows 2000, 98, NT, and ME
Installing the drivers and WLAN utility
Before you start
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You will need a computer with an available USB slot to install your
C54RU.
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If you want to use the Wireless Encryption Protocol (WEP) to
authenticate access to your wireless network, you will need the WEP
keys that are in use for your network. WEP keys are generally entered
into a Wireless Access Point (AP) before configuring a wireless client
(such as a notebook/desktop PC with a C54RU installed).
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You should have a general idea of how your wired network (usually
referred to as a LAN) will provide a connection to the Internet
(sometimes called the WAN) and the point your C54RU will connect to
your LAN. In general, there are two methods to provide wireless access
to the LAN and then to the WAN
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Infrastructure and Ad-hoc. Please
see the section titled Wireless Networking Basics, below.
You must install the provided drivers and
the WLAN utility for your C54RU
before
you
install the card itself.
Installation is a two-step process
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first
install the drivers and WLAN utility and
reboot your PC. Then install the C54RU in
an available slot. The drivers and WLAN
utility will then be automatically activated.
The installation software provided with your new C54RU
includes a Utility to configure and manage a WLAN link.
The WLAN utility is not required for Windows XP,
because Windows XP has WLAN support built-in.
The C54RU Driver and Utility Installation software will
install the WLAN utility software even if you have
Windows XP installed on your PC. You can choose to
use
either
the Windows XP built-in WLAN software or the
WLAN Utility software provided with your C54RU to
manage your WLAN link
