Chapter 2 - Installation
Multi-Tech Systems, Inc. Wireless Network Adapter User Guide
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Connecting the RF802USB to Your PC or Laptop
1. Plug a USB cable into the RF802USB and your PC or laptop.
2. A wizard will locate the new hardware (your RF802USB). Choose Display a list of
the known drivers for this device so that I can choose a specific driver. Then
click Next.
3. Select
Hardware Types
, and then click
Next
.
4. Click
Wireless USB
.
5. Click
Have Disk
. Place the CD in your CD-ROM drive.
6. Then enter the path name E:\ (where E is the CD-ROM drive of your laptop
computer or PC). The driver files will be copied to this location. Then click
OK
.
Setting Network Properties in Windows 98/Me
These steps provide a quick summary of the setting Network Properties process. For
detailed installation steps with screen shots, see the chapter entitled
Network
Basics
.
Note:
See the steps for Windows 2000 Network Properties below.
1.
Right-click
Network Neighborhood
from the desktop.
2.
Select
Properties
from the context menu. The
Network
dialog box displays and
presents three main tabs:
Configuration
,
Identification
, and
Access Control
.
3.
Click the
Configuration
tab.
4.
Click the
Add
button.
5.
The
Select Network Component Type
dialog
box displays.
6.
Click
Protocol,
and then click the
Add
button.
7.
The
Select Network Protocols
dialog box displays.
7a.
From the list of manufactures, click on
Microsoft
.
7b. From the
Network Protocols
list, select
TCP/IP
, and then click
OK
.
8.
The
TCP/IP
protocol is now installed. Click
OK,
and you will be returned to
Network Component Type
dialog box.
9.
Click the
TCP/IP
option for setting the
IP
address for your computer.
10.
You can select either the
Static
or
DHCP
setting.
•
If you use the
Static IP
setup, then enter the
IP
value,
Subnet
masking,
DNS
,
Domain
/
Workgroup
name, and
Gateway
Address values.
11.
After setting these parameters, click
OK
to return to
Network Component
Type
.
12.
You can now select the
File and Printer Sharing
options as well as the
Access
to your computer. Access can be set for other users connected to the network by
setting the computer sharing options. Click
OK
.
13.
The screen message
Do you want to restart your computer
will pop up.
Select
Yes
. Your computer will shut down and restart.
