Wireless
54
Mbps PCI Card
5
First Time Setup
Windows 2000, 98, NT, and ME
Installing the drivers and WLAN utility
Before you start
x
You will need a computer with an available 32-bit Cardbus/PCI Slot to install
your Wireless 54Mbps PC/PCI Card.
x
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/destop PC with a
WIRELESS LAN CARD installed).
x
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 WIRELESS LAN CARD will connect to your LAN. In general,
there are two methods to provide wireless access to the LAN and then to the
WAN
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 802.11g
Wireless Card
After
install the card itself.
Installation is a two-step process
First install the 802.11g PCI Card in an
available PCI slot. then install the WLAN utility and drivers and reboot your PC.
Then
The installation software provided with your new Card 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 802.11g PC/PCI Card 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 802.11g
PC/PCI Card to manage your WLAN link
The equipment version marketed in US is restricted to usage of the
channels 1- 11 only