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Chapter 4: Setting up and Connecting the Wireless-N Notebook Adapter
Connecting the Adapter
Wireless-N Notebook Adapter
Connecting the Adapter
1. Locate an available CardBus slot on your notebook PC.
2. With the connector pin end facing the CardBus slot and the label facing up, slide the Adapter into the CardBus
slot until it locks in place.
3. Windows will begin copying the driver files to your computer.
4. Click
Next
.
Setting up the Adapter
The next screen to appear will be the
Available Wireless Networks
screen.
This screen provides two options for setting up the Adapter.
•
Available Wireless Networks. (For most users.) Use this option if you already have a network set up. The
networks available to this Adapter will be listed on this screen. You can choose one of these networks and
click the
Connect
button to connect to it. Click the
Refresh
button to update the Available Wireless Network
list.
•
Manual Setup. If your network is not listed on this screen, select
Advanced Setup
to set up the adapter
manually. This method of setting up the Adapter is intended for Advanced Users only.
The setup for each option is described, step by step, under the appropriate heading on the following pages.
Click
Exit
to close the Setup Wizard, if you wish to set up the Adapter later.
Available Wireless Networks
The available networks are listed in the table on the center of the screen by Wireless Network Name. Select the
wireless network you wish to connect to and click the
Connect
button. (If you do not see your network listed, you
can click the
Refresh
button to bring the list up again.) If the network utilizes wireless security, you will need to
configure security on the Adapter. If not, you will be taken directly to the
Congratulations
screen.
1. If you have wireless security enabled on your network, continue to step 2. If you don’t have wireless security
enabled, continue to step 3.
Figure 4-3: Connecting the Adapter
Figure 4-4: Available Wireless Networks
