D-Link DW-290, User Manual

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Preface
This user’s guide provides the necessary information for first-time users to
successfully install the D-Link Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS)
driver, for the purpose of evaluating and/or operating the D-Link DW-290
Station Reference Design in a Microsoft Windows environment. This guide
also provides information for users who wish to upgrade the D-Link NDIS
driver from previous releases.
This guide describes the steps required to install NDIS drivers for the D-Link
DW-290 Wireless Network mini PCI Card in Windows 2000, Windows
Millennium Edition, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows XP, and Windows
NT 4.0. This guide also includes detailed instructions for configuring the PC
Card device, or IEEE 802.11a station (STA), to interact with an access point
(AP) in infrastructure mode and with other STAs in ad hoc mode. Instructions
for installing or upgrading the diagnostic utility LinkMon are also included.
You should also read this before proceeding to install the D-Link DW-290
Wireless Network mini PCI Card and NDIS driver in the targeted operating
system (OS) environment.
About this Document
The document consists of the following chapters and appendixes:
Chapter 1 Introduction—Hardware, Software, and System
Requirements needed to setup D-Link DW-290 Station
Reference Design.
Chapter 2
Windows 2000—Installation/Uninstallation Procedures and
Device/Network Configurations for Windows 2000.
Chapter 3 Windows Millennium Edition—Installation/Uninstallation
Procedures and Device/Network Configurations for Windows
Millennium Edition.
Chapter 4 Windows 98 Second Edition—Installation/Uninstallation
Procedures and Device/Network Configurations for Windows
98 Second Edition.
Chapter 5 Windows XP—Installation/Uninstallation Procedures and
Device/Network Configurations for Windows XP.