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Wireless PCI Adapter
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Welcome....................................................................................1
Features..................................................................................1
Installation of the PCI Adapter to your Desktop Computer .2
Hardware Installation..............................................................2
Driver Installation .....................................................................3
Windows 98 Driver Installat
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Wireless PCI Adapter Wireless PCI Adapter Installation of the PCI Adapter to Welcome your Desktop Computer Congratulations on your purchase of the PCW200 802.11b PCI Adapter. This adapter is designed and engineered to exacting standards for reliability, long life and Hardware Installation outstanding performance. § Turn Off your desktop computer. § Open your desktop computer’s case and locate an available PCI slot in the motherboard. Features § Slide the PCI Adapte
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Wireless PCI Adapter Wireless PCI Adapter 3. Make sure “Specify a location” is selected and click the Driver Installation Browse button. At this point, Windows will ask you to browse for the folder. Simply select the CD-ROM drive in which the driver is located, click on the WIN98 folder Windows 98 Driver Installation and click the OK button or you can type in “E:\WIN98” 1. Turn On your desktop computer and insert the CD into (where “E” represents the letter of your CD-ROM dri
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Wireless PCI Adapter Wireless PCI Adapter 5. Windows has completed installing the driver. Click the 7. To verify the drivers were setup correctly, after your Finish button to continue. desktop computer restarts, place the cursor over the My Computer icon and right click your mouse. Select Properties then select Device Manager and double click on Network adapters. You will find the PCW200 802.11b Wireless LAN PCI Adapter if it is installed successfully. The PCI adapter drive
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Wireless PCI Adapter Wireless PCI Adapter 2. Windows will indicate that the installation has been Windows ME Driver Installation completed. Click the Finish button to continue. 1. Turn On your desktop computer and insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive, if you have not done so already. Windows automatically recognizes a new PCI Network Controller. Select “Automatic search for a better driver”. Click the Next button to continue. 3. To finish installing the new hardware, you
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Wireless PCI Adapter Wireless PCI Adapter 4. To verify the drivers were setup correctly, after your Windows 2000 Driver Installation desktop computer restarts, place the cursor over the My Computer icon and right click your mouse. 1. Turn On your desktop computer and insert the CD into Select Properties then select Device Manager and your CD-ROM drive, if you have not done so already. double click on Network adapters. You will find the Windows 2000 automatically recognizes
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Wireless PCI Adapter Wireless PCI Adapter 3. Windows will search for the driver. Once the driver is 4. The Digital Signature Not Found screen is a notification located, the following screen will appear. Click the Next by Windows 2000. However, this does not mean that button to continue. there is a problem. The PCW200 has been tested extensively and has been found to work with Windows 2000. Click the Yes button to continue. 5. Windows has completed installing the driver.
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Wireless PCI Adapter Wireless PCI Adapter 6. To verify the drivers were setup correctly, place the cursor Windows NT Driver Installation over the My Computer icon and right click your mouse. Select Properties then select Hardware then Device Windows NT will setup the PCI adapter differently depending Manager and double click on Network adapters. You upon whether you’ve previously installed network hardware or will find the PCW200 Wireless 802.11b PCI adapter if it is not. Ple
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Wireless PCI Adapter Wireless PCI Adapter 3. Make sure “Wired to the network” is selected. Click the 5. A list of adapters will appear on the screen. You should Next button to continue. Your Wireless PCI card follows not select one of these, as your installation CD has all of wired protocols and the network cannot tell whether you the appropriate drivers. Click the Have Disk button to are connected wirelessly or wired. continue. 4. The next screen will not show any Network
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Wireless PCI Adapter Wireless PCI Adapter 7. The Select OEM Option screen will show the PCW200 9. On the screen showing the Network Services, the Wireless 802.11b PCI Adapter. Click the OK button to selections are automatically made. Click the Next button continue. to continue. 8. This screen will show a list of Network Protocols. While the TCP/IP Protocol is already selected by default, you should check with your network administrator before 10. At this point, Windows is
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Wireless PCI Adapter Wireless PCI Adapter 11. Windows may request further files at this point. Insert the 13. At this point, Windows NT will begin installing the network Windows NT CD into your CD-ROM drive. Type components you previously selected. You may be asked “E:\i386” (“E” represents the letter of your CD-ROM drive). if you would like to configure the protocols with a DHCP Click on the Continue button. server on your network. If this screen appears, check with your netw
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Wireless PCI Adapter Wireless PCI Adapter 15. Now, the network components will finish installing. 17. On this screen, you will enter your unique desktop You may then see a screen similar to that shown here computer name, which is how your desktop computer will asking you if you’d like to disable any network bindings. be identified on the network. You will also assign the desktop computer to either a Workgroup or to a Domain, Be sure to check with your network administrator befo
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Wireless PCI Adapter Wireless PCI Adapter 18. Windows NT has completed installing the network. If You Have Installed Network Hardware On Your Desktop Click the Finish button to continue. Computer 1. Turn On your desktop computer and insert the CD into the CD-ROM drive, if you have not done so already. Windows NT is not a Plug-and-Play Operating System and will not automatically recognize the PCI adapter. To begin setup, select Settings from the Start Menu and select Contro
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Wireless PCI Adapter Wireless PCI Adapter 3. A list of adapters will appear on the screen. You should not 5. The Select OEM Option screen will show the PCW200 select one of these, as your installation CD has all of the Wireless 802.11b PCI Adapter. Click the OK button to appropriate drivers. Click the Have Disk button to continue. continue. 4. On the Insert Disk screen, type the driver path in the field provided. Then click the OK button to continue. 25 26
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Wireless PCI Adapter Wireless PCI Adapter 6. Windows NT has completed installing the network. 7. Windows will bring you to the Microsoft TCP/IP Click the Close button to continue. Properties screen. Set the fields on this screen as needed, and then click the OK button to continue. 8. Windows will ask you to restart your desktop computer. Click the Yes button to restart your desktop computer. 27 28
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Wireless PCI Adapter Wireless PCI Adapter 2. Windows will notify you that it has not passed Windows Windows XP Driver Installation Logo testing to verify its compatibility with Windows XP. This does not mean there is a problem. The PCW200 1. Turn On your desktop computer and insert the CD into has been tested extensively and has been found to work your CD-ROM drive if you have not done so already. with Windows XP. Click the Continue Anyway button. Windows XP will automatic
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Wireless PCI Adapter Wireless PCI Adapter 3. Windows has completed installing the driver. Click the 4. To verify the drivers were setup correctly, place the cursor Finish button to continue. over the My Computer icon and right click your mouse. Select Properties then select Hardware and then Device Manager and double click on Network adapters. You will find the PCW200 Wireless 802.11 PCI Adapter if it is installed successfully. The PCI adapter driver installation is complete
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Wireless PCI Adapter Wireless PCI Adapter Configuration Utility Using the Configuration Utility The Configuration Utility is provided to allow you further customization of the PCI adapter and your wireless network. Status It is useful for operation with Windows 98, Windows ME, The Status screen provides information about the current link Windows NT and Windows 2000, but is not needed for between the PCI adapter and the wireless network. Windows XP. If you are using Windows XP,
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Wireless PCI Adapter Wireless PCI Adapter The Link Quality and Signal Strength fields indicate how well Configuration your PCI adapter is communicating with other wireless devices. The Configuration screen allows you to customize the settings of the PCI adapter and your wireless network. The Disable Radio button is to disable the Radio signal. The Network Type setting determines the architecture of your wireless network. You should select Access Point mode or Peer-to-Pe
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Wireless PCI Adapter Wireless PCI Adapter The Network Name (also known as the SSID) is the unique Note: If you experience difficulty in transfering data name shared among all points in a wireless network. The between computers, you should try the following steps: Network Name must be identical for all points in the network. It is case sensitive and must not exceed 32 characters. • Reposition either or both computers or Access Point In Access Point mode, you may instruct the a
